Cap. 254 Art. 17BPostal services within the scope of the universal service.

(1) A postal service is within the scope of the universal service if:

(a) the service is within the description of the universal service, or

(b) the service would be within the description of the universal service but for the fact that -

(i) in the case of a service consisting of the clearance and delivery of postal articles, the clearance or delivery is not made on every working day as required in accordance with paragraph (a) of the Second Schedule, or

(ii) the service is not provided throughout Malta, or

(iii) the service is not provided at an affordable price in accordance with a uniform tariff applicable throughout Malta pursuant to article 21, or

(c) the Authority determines that the postal service is of a kind that, having regard to postal service users, could reasonably be said to be interchangeable with a service of a description set out in article 17.

(2) In this article any reference to a service includes a part of that service.