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Postal Services Bill [HL]

We have had an occasion where "may" meant "shall", and now "may" means "could". The noble Lord suggested in relation to the first of these amendments that subsection (2)(a) could be advantageous in certain circumstances, but he neglected to give me an example of circumstances where it could be used and could be beneficial. I grouped these amendments because you cannot have subsection (3)(c) without subsection (2)(a). They are inextricably entwined. I think that I now understand what subsection (2)(a) is getting at, although at some point, either now or later, I should be interested in an example, if the Minister can give it, of when such a thing could be advantageous.