Postal Services Citation and Commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Postal Services Act 2011 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2012. 2 This Order comes into force on the day following the day on which it is made. Interpretation 2 In this Order, “ the Act ” means the Postal Services Act 2011. Prescription of bodies and persons 3 Each of the following is a prescribed body or other person for the purposes of section 56(2)(d) of the Act— the Civil Aviation Authority; the Coal Authority; the Competition Commission; the Consumer Panel (as established under section 16(2) of the Communications Act 2003 ); any district council in Northern Ireland; the Financial Services Authority; the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority; the Health and Safety Executive; the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland; the Insolvency Practitioners Tribunal; any local weights and measures authority in Great Britain; any Minister of the Crown; the National Consumer Council; the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation; any Northern Ireland department; any Northern Ireland Minister; the Office of Fair Trading; the Office of Rail Regulation; any official receiver in England, Wales or Northern Ireland; any Scottish Minister; the Treasury; the Water Appeals Commission for Northern Ireland; the Water Services Regulation Authority. Prescription of enactments 4 Each of the following is a prescribed enactment for the purposes of section 56(2)(d) or (f) of the Act— the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 ; the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1967 ; the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 ; the Friendly and Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1968 ; the Fair Trading Act 1973 ; the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act ; the Consumer Credit Act 1974 ; the Friendly Societies Act 1974 ; the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1975 ; the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1978 ; the Credit Unions Act 1979 ; the Estate Agents Act 1979 ; the Competition Act 1980 ; the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 ; the Telecommunications Act 1984 ; the Companies Act 1985 ; the Airports Act 1986 ; the Gas Act 1986 ; the Insolvency Act 1986 ; the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 ; the Building Societies Act 1986 ; the Consumer Protection Act 1987 ; the Water Act 1989 ; the Electricity Act 1989 ; the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 ; the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 ; the Broadcasting Act 1990 ; the Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 ; the Water Industry Act 1991 ; the Water Resources Act 1991 ; the Friendly Societies Act 1992 ; the Railways Act 1993 ; the Coal Industry Act 1994 ; the Employment Rights Act 1996 ; the Competition Act 1998 ; the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ; the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 ; the Postal Services Act 2000 ; the Utilities Act 2000 ; Part I of the Transport Act 2000 ; the Insolvency Act 2000 ; the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 ; the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 2002 ; the Enterprise Act 2002 ; the Communications Act 2003 ; the Water Act 2003 ; the Consumer Credit Act 2006 ; the Companies Act 2006 ; the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 ; the Legal Services Act 2007 ; Schedule 7 to the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 ; the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 ; the Audit (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 ; the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 ; the EEC Merger Control (Distinct Market Investigations) Regulations 1990 ; the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 ; Part IV of the Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 ; the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 ; the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 ; the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 ; the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 ; the Sale and Supply of Goods to Consumers Regulations 2002 ; the Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 ; the Competition Act 1998 (Concurrency) Regulations 2004 ; the Financial Services (Distance Marketing) Regulations 2004 ; the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2005 ; the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 ; the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 ; the Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008 ; the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 ; the Payment Services Regulations 2009 . Prescription of other circumstances and purposes 5 Each of the following is a prescribed circumstance or purpose for the purposes of section 56(2)(h) of the Act— a the carrying out by the Comptroller and Auditor General, or the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland, of any of their functions under any enactment; b complying with any international obligation of the United Kingdom; c the conduct of negotiations by the Secretary of State with representatives of the government of a country outside the United Kingdom; d the provision of information, by or with the consent of the Secretary of State, to any international organisation of which the United Kingdom is a member. Mark Prisk Minister of State for Business and Enterprise Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 19th April 2012