Section 28: General authorisation to provide postal services

Postal Services Act 2011 · 2011 c. 5View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 3: Regulation of postal services

Persons may provide postal services without the need for any licence or authorisation, but the provision of those services by postal operators may be subject to regulatory conditions that OFCOM may impose on them under this Part.

In this Part a "regulatory condition" means any of the following conditions—

a designated USP condition (see sections 36 and 37),
a USP access condition (see section 38 and Schedule 3),
a USP accounting condition (see section 39),
a notification condition (see section 41),
a general universal service condition (see section 42),
an essential condition (see section 49),
a general access condition (see section 50 and Schedule 3), and
a consumer protection condition (see sections 51 and 52).

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