3(1)OFCOM may require—U.K.
(a)a postal operator, or
(b)a person who provides access points or other facilities for use in connection with a postal service,
to provide OFCOM with all such information as they consider necessary to carry out comparative overviews of the quality and prices of postal services.
(2)The overviews in question must be carried out—
(a)with a view to publication, and
(b)in the interest of users of postal services.
(3)OFCOM may also require—
(a)a postal operator, or
(b)a person who provides access points or other facilities for use in connection with a postal service,
to provide OFCOM, for use for such statistical purposes as they think fit, with information relating to the provision of postal services.
(4)A demand for information under this paragraph must be proportionate to the use to which the information is to be put in the carrying out of OFCOM's functions.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 8 para. 3 in force at 1.10.2011 by S.I. 2011/2329, art. 3