SCHEDULE 1AMENDMENTS

Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997

112.—(1) Section 214 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (1) (meaning of statutory undertakers) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (3)—

(a)for the words “subsection (5)” are substituted the words “subsections (5) to (5B)”; and

(b)for the words “the Post Office” are substituted the words “any universal postal service provider in connection with the provision of a universal postal service”.

(3) In subsection (5) for the words “the Post Office” are submitted the words “a universal postal service provider in connection with the provision of a universal postal service”.

(4) Before subsection (6) is inserted—

(5B) The undertaking of a universal postal service provider so far as relating to the provision of a universal postal service shall be taken to be his statutory undertaking for the purposes of this Act; and references in this Act to his undertaking shall be construed accordingly..