52 Provision of advice and information to public authorities and licence holders.U.K.
(1)The Council shall—
(a)provide advice and information,
(b)represent the views of users of relevant postal services, and
(c)make proposals,
about relevant postal issues to any person mentioned in subsection (2).
(2)Those persons are—
(a)the Secretary of State, the Commission, the Competition Commission and any other public authority,
(b)any universal service provider,
(c)any licence holder under Part II who is not a universal service provider, and
(d)any other person whose activities may affect the interests of users of relevant postal services.
(3)So far as practicable the Council shall secure that no information relating to the affairs of a person is disclosed under this section to a person mentioned in subsection (2)(b) to (d) if the Council considers that its disclosure would or might seriously and prejudicially affect the interests of the person to whom it relates.
(4)Subsection (3) does not apply to any disclosure of information to which the person to whom the information relates consents.