26.—(1) The Post Office Act 1969(1) is amended as follows.
(2) After section 135(1) (remuneration of Post Office company for issuing dog and game licences in England and Wales) is inserted—
“(1A) In subsection (1) above “the Post Office company” has the same meaning as in Part IV of the Postal Services Act 2000.”.
(3) In paragraph 93(1) of Schedule 4 (statutory undertakers for certain purposes)—
(a)for the words “The authority” are substituted the words “A universal service provider (within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000) in connection with the provision of a universal postal service (within the meaning of the Act)”;
(b)for the words “statutory undertakers” are substituted the words “a statutory undertaker”; and
(c)for the words “its undertaking” are substituted the words “his undertaking so far as relating to the provision of a universal postal service”.
(4) In paragraph 93(2) of Schedule 4 (meaning of “appropriate Minister”) for the words “the authority” are substituted the words “a universal service provider (within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000)”.
(5) In paragraph 93(4) of Schedule 4 (meaning of “operational land” in certain enactments)—
(a)for the words “the authority” are substituted the words “a universal service provider (within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000)”;
(b)for the word “its” is substituted the word “his”; and
(c)for the words “the authority's” are substituted the words “a universal service provider's”.
1969 c. 48. Section 135 is amended by paragraph 11 of Schedule 8 to the Postal Services Act 2000 (c. 26.) and repealed in part by Schedule 9 to that Act. Paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 was amended by Part I of Schedule 6 of the British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38.), Schedule 14 of the Railways Act 1993 (c. 43.), articles 2 and 3(3) of S.I. 1974/691, paragraph 12 of Schedule 4 to the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2.) and Part II of Schedule 6 to the British Telecommunications Act 1981.