SCHEDULE 4 Recovery of Administrative Charges Incurred by OFCOM

SCHEDULE 4 Recovery of Administrative Charges Incurred by OFCOM

Section 43

Fixing of charges

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(1)     If, at any time in a charging year, a postal operator provides a service within the scope of the universal postal service, the operator must, in respect of the service, pay to OFCOM the administrative charge (if any) that is fixed by OFCOM as applicable to the operator.

(2)     OFCOM may fix the administrative charge for a charging year only if—

(a)     at the time the charge is fixed there is in force a statement by OFCOM of the principles that they are proposing to apply in fixing charges under this paragraph for that year, and

(b)     the charge is fixed in accordance with those principles.

(3)     Those principles must be such as appear to OFCOM to be likely to secure, on the basis of such estimates of the likely costs as it is practicable for them to make, that—

(a)     on a year-by-year basis the total amount of the charges payable to OFCOM is sufficient to meet, but does not exceed, the annual cost to OFCOM of carrying out their postal services functions,

(b)     the cost of carrying out those functions

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