Sch 8 para 18
After section 200 of that Act there shall be inserted— Remuneration for free postal services provided under Act. (200A) (1) This section applies where any postal services are provided without charge by a universal service provider in pursuance of this Act. (2) The universal service provider shall be entitled to be remunerated for having provided the services at the rate fixed in relation to them by virtue of a scheme under section 89 of the Postal Services Act 2000. (3) A sum which a universal service provider is entitled to receive by virtue of this section shall be charged on, and issued out of, the Consolidated Fund. (4) In this section “ postal services ” and “ universal service provider ” have the same meanings as in the Postal Services Act 2000.