Postcomm consults on licence application from Securipost Ltd
1 December 2008
Postcomm began a 36 day consultation on the proposed grant of a postal operator's licence to Securipost Ltd.
Under the licensing framework that took effect from 1 January 2006, and was amended in January 2008, the licence would:
- allow SecuriPost Ltd to provide all types of postal service;
- be issued for a rolling ten year period; and
- require the company to comply with codes of practice on mail integrity (safety and security of the mail) and common operational procedures (designed to ensure the multi-operator market works well in practice).
The consultation notice and proposed licence can be found on the SecuriPost consultation page. Printed copies are available from Postcomm at Hercules House, 6 Hercules Road, London, SE1 7DB. The closing date for responses is 5 January 2009.
Notes for editors
- Postcomm is minded to, subject to consultation, to grant a licence to SecuriPost Ltd. We believe that the proposed licence will further the interests of postal users by promoting competition between postal operators, and that it will have no adverse effect on the provision of a universal postal service in the United Kingdom.
