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Post Office Act 1969
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Contents: 125 provisions
- Title and introductory text
- 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 2 The Minister of Posts and Telecommunications.
- 3 Transfer to the Minister of the Postmaster General’s functions with respect to wireless telegraphy, and provisions consequential thereon.
- 4 Transfer to the Minister of the Postmaster General’s functions under section 6 of the Commonwealth Telegraphs Act 1949.
- 5 Transfer to the Minister of the Postmaster General’s power to make orders under the Recorded Delivery Service Act 1962.
- 6 The Post Office.
- 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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- 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 20 Rights and liabilities as to conveyance of mails.
- 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 22 Rights and liabilities, &c., arising out of Acts authorising the acquisition of land or the execution of works.
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- 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 49 Provisions as to pensions of former employees of Cable and Wireless Limited and certain other persons.
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- 52 Rating
- 53 Rating
- 54 Rating
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- 73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 74 Taxation of the Post Office’s profits and capital gains.
- 75 Records.
- 76 Consequential adaptations of enactments.
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- 85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 86 Interpretation of Part III.
- 87 Power of Her Majesty in Council to make necessary provision if the Post Office surrenders privileges as regards the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.
- 88 Extent of Part III and related Schedules.
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- 93 Appointment, and functions and expenses, &c., of the Director of Savings.
- 94 The National Savings Bank.
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- 108 The stock register kept under Part I of the National Debt Act 1958.
- 109 Power of the Treasury to raise money under the auspices of the Director of Savings.
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- 114 Extent of Part V and Schedule 6.
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- 130 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 132 Extension of regulation-making power under section 52(2) of the Government Annuities Act 1929.
- 133 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 134 Issue by local authorities in Great Britain of dog and game licences.
- 135 Remuneration of the Post Office for issuing dog and game licences in England and Wales.
- 136 Expenses.
- 137 Cesser of obsolete, &c. enactments.
- 138 Transitional provisions.
- 139 Application to Northern Ireland.
- 140 Construction of references to enactments.
- 141 Repeals.
- 142 Short title.
- SCHEDULE 2 Classes of Assets to be held by the Post Office to match its Debts to its banking Customers
- SCHEDULE 3 Modifications of Schedules 5 and 6 to the Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1948 for the Purposes of Orders made under Section 56 of this Act
- SCHEDULE 4 Adaptations of Enactments and Orders in Council consequential on the Assumption by the new Authority for the Conduct of postal and telegraphic Business of Functions exercised and performed before the appointed Day by the Postmaster General
- SCHEDULE 5 Repair of minor Deficiencies in certain Acts
- SCHEDULE 6 Amendments of Acts consequential on Section 94 of this Act
- SCHEDULE 7
- SCHEDULE 9 General transitional Provisions
- SCHEDULE 10 Special transitional Provisions with respect to Patents for Inventions and Registered Designs
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(1) The Minister may, by statutory instrument (which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament) make, with the consent of the Treasury, such regulations with respect to the payment of pensions to, or in respect of, persons who, at the passing of this Act are serving in the department of the Postmaster General, being— (a) persons who have pension rights under any of the following schemes, that is to say, the existing pension schemes, the scheme for the payment of pensions commonly known as the Cable and Wireless Pension Fund (being a scheme subsisting by virtue of regulations made under section 6 of the Commonwealth Telegraphs Act 1949) and the scheme for the payment of pensions commonly known as the Cable and Wireless Staff Dependants’ Fund (being a scheme so subsisting); or (b) persons, other than as aforesaid, who have been in the employment of Cable and Wireless Limited; as appear to him to be requisite for securing that they, and persons claiming in right of them, are not adversely affected in the matter of pension rights by reason only that, in consequence of this Act, they cease to serve in that department. (2) Subsections (2) to (4), (7) and (8) of the said section 6 shall apply for the purposes of this section as if references to that section and subsection (1) thereof included references to the foregoing subsection, as if, for references to the existing pension schemes (except in subsection (8)), there were substituted references to the schemes mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above, and as if, in subsection (7), for the reference to 1st January 1947 there were substituted a reference to the day on which this Act passes; and subsection (5) of that section shall, in its application to subsection (2)(a), as applied by this section, have effect as if, for the references to the purposes of any of the existing pension schemes, there were substituted a reference to the purposes of any of the schemes so mentioned. (3) Regulations under this section may amend or revoke provisions of regulations under the said section 6.
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(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) The Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 shall apply in relation to a disposal by the Post Office of an asset acquired by virtue of this Part of this Act as if the acquisition or provision of the asset by the Crown had been the acquisition or provision of it by the Post Office.
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The provisions of Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect for adapting the provisions of the enactments and Orders in Council therein mentioned in consequence of the assumption by the Post Office of functions which, before the appointed day, are exercised and performed by the Postmaster General.
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