# Postal Services Act 2000, Paragraph 2

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The Secretary of State may authorise a universal service provider to purchase compulsorily any land in Scotland where it is necessary to do so for the purpose of providing a universal postal service.
(2) The power of purchasing land compulsorily under this paragraph includes power to acquire, by creation of a new right, a servitude or other right over land.
(3) Any land in Scotland vested in a universal service provider by virtue of this Schedule shall be deemed for all purposes to have been acquired by him for the purposes of his undertaking as a universal service provider.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/26/schedule/5/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2000/schedule-5/paragraph-2
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