{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-administration-scotland-rules-2016/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-administration-scotland-rules-2016/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/900",
  "legislation_title": "The Postal Administration (Scotland) Rules 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-administration-scotland-rules-2016",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Statements of affairs and statements of concurrence",
  "text": "(1) The statement of the company’s affairs shall be in Form PA7(S), contain all the particulars required by that form and shall be a statutory declaration.\n(2) Where more than one relevant person is required to submit a statement of affairs the postal administrator may require one or more such persons to submit, in place of a statement of affairs, a statement of concurrence in Form PA8(S); and where the postal administrator does so, the postal administrator shall inform the person making the statement of affairs of that fact.\n(3) The person making the statutory declaration in support of a statement of affairs shall send the statement, together with one copy of it, to the postal administrator, and a copy of the statement to each of those persons whom the postal administrator has required to submit a statement of concurrence.\n(4) A person required to submit a statement of concurrence shall deliver to the postal administrator the statement of concurrence, together with one copy of it, before the end of the period of 5 business days (or such other period as the postal administrator may agree) beginning with the day on which the statement of affairs being concurred with is received by that person.\n(5) A statement of concurrence may be qualified in respect of matters dealt with in the statement of affairs, where the maker of the statement of concurrence is not in agreement with the statement of affairs, considers that statement to be erroneous or misleading, or is without the direct knowledge necessary for concurring with it.\n(6) A statement of concurrence shall be a statutory declaration.\n(7) Subject to Rule 13, the postal administrator shall—\n(a) as soon as is reasonably practicable, file a copy of the statement of affairs and any statement of concurrence with the registrar of companies in Form PA9(S); and\n(b) insert any statement of affairs submitted to the postal administrator, together with any statement of concurrence, in the sederunt book.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 12 substituted (13.4.2017) by The Postal Administration (Scotland) (Amendment) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/441), rules 1, 2(11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 12 in force at 1.10.2016, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/900/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:20:15.032343+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}