Sub-Post Office
Start-Up Capital Subsidy Scheme [S.I.2001/2664]
This Order
sets out the Sub-Post Office Start-Up Capital Subsidy scheme. The scheme
provides for the payment of subsidy by the Secretary of State in respect
of the costs of establishing a sub-post office in a settlement of fewer
than 10,000 inhabitants where an existing sub-post office has closed or is
likely to close. The scheme also provides for the payment of subsidy to
secure the continued operation of a sub-post office in a settlement of
fewer than 10,000 inhabitants where it appears to the Secretary of State
that the office is likely to close. The functions of the Secretary of
State under the scheme are exercisable by Post Office Limited. The maximum
amount of grant payable in respect of an application is £20,000 and the
total maximum amount of subsidy available is £2,000,000.
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Postal
Services Commission (Register) Order 2001 [S.I.2001/620]