Propose a change

Postal Services Act 2011

Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.

Change 1

What to do with it
As published

57 Decisions by OFCOM to impose regulatory conditions, penalties etc

(1) For the purposes of this section a “qualifying decision” means— (a) a decision to impose or modify a regulatory condition, (b) a decision to give, modify or withdraw a direction, consent or approval that falls within paragraph 2 of Schedule 6, (c) a decision to impose a penalty, or give or modify a direction, under any provision of Schedule 4, 7 or 8, (d) a decision to give or modify a direction under section 89A or 116(2A) of the Postal Services Act 2000 (schemes as to terms and conditions for provision of postal services, and the Postcode Address File), or (e) a decision to give a direction under section 25(5) of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (enforcement of requirements to give information to the Citizens Advice etc). (2) A person affected by a qualifying decision may appeal against it to the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“the CAT”). (3) The means of making an appeal is by sending the CAT a notice of appeal in accordance with rules made under section 15 of the Enterprise Act 2002. (4) The notice of appeal must be sent within the period specified, in relation to the decision appealed against, in those rules. (5) In determining an appeal under this section the CAT must apply the same principles as would be applied by a court on an application for judicial review. (6) The CAT must either— (a) dismiss the appeal, or (b) quash the whole or part of the qualifying decision to which the appeal relates. (7) If the CAT quashes the whole or part of a qualifying decision, it may refer the matter back to the person who made the decision with a direction to reconsider and make a new decision in accordance with its ruling. (8) The CAT may not direct the person who made the decision to take any action that the person would not otherwise have the power to take in relation to the decision. (9) Except in the case of a decision to impose a penalty, or give or modify a direction, under Schedule 4, 7 or 8, the effect of a qualifying decision is not suspended by the making of an appeal against the decision under this section.

Your change, as a redline

57 Decisions by OFCOM to impose regulatory conditions, penalties etc

(1) For the purposes of this section a “qualifying decision” means— (a) a decision to impose or modify a regulatory condition, (b) a decision to give, modify or withdraw a direction, consent or approval that falls within paragraph 2 of Schedule 6, (c) a decision to impose a penalty, or give or modify a direction, under any provision of Schedule 4, 7 or 8, (d) a decision to give or modify a direction under section 89A or 116(2A) of the Postal Services Act 2000 (schemes as to terms and conditions for provision of postal services, and the Postcode Address File), or (e) a decision to give a direction under section 25(5) of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (enforcement of requirements to give information to the Citizens Advice etc). (2) A person affected by a qualifying decision may appeal against it to the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“the CAT”). (3) The means of making an appeal is by sending the CAT a notice of appeal in accordance with rules made under section 15 of the Enterprise Act 2002. (4) The notice of appeal must be sent within the period specified, in relation to the decision appealed against, in those rules. (5) In determining an appeal under this section the CAT must apply the same principles as would be applied by a court on an application for judicial review. (6) The CAT must either— (a) dismiss the appeal, or (b) quash the whole or part of the qualifying decision to which the appeal relates. (7) If the CAT quashes the whole or part of a qualifying decision, it may refer the matter back to the person who made the decision with a direction to reconsider and make a new decision in accordance with its ruling. (8) The CAT may not direct the person who made the decision to take any action that the person would not otherwise have the power to take in relation to the decision. (9) Except in the case of a decision to impose a penalty, or give or modify a direction, under Schedule 4, 7 or 8, the effect of a qualifying decision is not suspended by the making of an appeal against the decision under this section.

One line that says what changes, such as "Halve the dog tax".

Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

A proposal here is not law. Support on Solon is evidence that people want the change; the official route says what it takes to make it law.

Sign in to file your proposal. What you have written stays on this page.

Sign in to file it

Think it through

Ask what your change would do, who would gain and who would bear a cost, and where something like it is already law. The assistant reads your draft as it stands, cites the law and the studies it finds, and takes no side. What you file stays yours.

Questions to start with
Think it through
Legal information from the published text, not advice for your case. Check the sources. Find a law · What the register holds