Post Office Act 1977

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Post Office Act 1977
Act of Parliament
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Long title An Act to increase the maximum number of members of the Post Office.
Citation 1977 c. 44
Dates
Royal assent 29 July 1977
Other legislation
Amends Post Office Act 1969
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Post Office Act 1977 (c. 44) was an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, which regulated corporate governance at the Post Office. It required that employees had voting rights for the board of directors. It is generally thought to have proved successful, but was repealed in 1979.

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Section 1(1) substituted 19 for 12 directors on the board, under the Post Office Act 1969 section 6(2).

Section 1(2) inserted a new section 6(2A) saying the maximum number would be reduced back to 12 on 31 March 1980, unless the Secretary of State made an order otherwise, draft approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Operation

The first new board met in January 1978. Qualitative empirical work suggests that the board functioned harmoniously, and worker participation on the board was welcomed. The Conservative government was elected on 4 May 1979. It let the two year ‘experiment’ under the Post Office Act 1977 lapse. This was criticised in Parliament, but went ahead.

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