# Postal Services Act 2011, Paragraph 8


(1) A postal transfer scheme may contain provision—
(a) for a new company to be treated for all purposes as having been designated by OFCOM under section 35 as a universal service provider, and
(b) for the transfer to a new company of the whole or part of any obligation contained in a regulatory condition to which the old company was subject.
(2) The reference to the transfer of a part of any obligation includes the transfer of any obligation so far as relating to an area specified or described in provision made by the scheme.
(3) A postal transfer scheme may, in consequence of provision made under sub-paragraph (1), make modifications of regulatory conditions to which the old company or new company are subject.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/5/schedule/11/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2011/schedule-11/paragraph-8
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