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Paragraph 3 Scheme criteria

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In deciding whether to make a payment under this Scheme, the Secretary of State shall have regard to the following criteria—

(a)

whether services will continue to be provided from a national network of public post offices across the United Kingdom in the absence of the making of a payment;

(b)

whether services will continue to be provided from public post offices or a network of public post offices in any particular area of the United Kingdom in the absence of the making of a payment.