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| Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 22, leave out subsections (2) to (4) and add— |
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| | ‘(2) | Those arrangements must secure that, if at any time the proportion of the |
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| | company owned by the Crown is reduced from 100 per cent., the proportion of |
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| | the company owned by or on behalf of the employee share scheme shall be at least |
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| | 20 per cent. of the proportion of the company that is not owned by the Crown. |
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| | (3) | The arrangements must ensure that an equal dividend is paid from earnings to all |
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| | participants in the trust. |
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| | (4) | The Secretary of State must report to Parliament when suitable arrangements |
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| | have been made for the establishment of the scheme, and the report must state— |
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| | (a) | the precise terms of the scheme; and |
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| | (b) | the expected timescale for its introduction. |
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| | (5) | “Employee share scheme” means a scheme for holding shares or share rights in |
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| | trust on behalf of employees of the company.’. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 22, leave out subsections (2) to (4) and add— |
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| | ‘(2) | Those arrangements must secure that, if at any time the proportion of the |
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| | company owned by the Crown is reduced from 100 per cent., the proportion of |
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| | the company owned by or on behalf of the employee share scheme shall be at least |
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| | 10 per cent. of the proportion of the company that is not owned by the Crown. |
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| | (3) | The arrangements must ensure that an equal dividend is paid from earnings to all |
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| | participants in the trust. |
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| | (4) | The Secretary of State must report to Parliament when suitable arrangements |
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| | have been made for the establishment of the scheme, and the report must state— |
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| | (a) | the precise terms of the scheme; and |
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| | (b) | the expected timescale for its introduction. |
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| | (5) | “Employee share scheme” means a scheme for holding shares or share rights in |
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| | trust on behalf of employees of the company.’. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 32, leave out ‘or include’. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 33, at end add— |
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| | ‘(5) | Any employee share scheme will be entitled to have at least one representative |
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| | from the scheme on the board of any company operating the scheme.’. |
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| Clause 4, page 3, leave out line 7 and insert— |
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| | ‘(b) | the Secretary of State has laid a report before Parliament about the |
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| | disposal and each House of Parliament has come to a Resolution on a |
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| | Motion in the name of the Secretary of State approving the report.’. |
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| Clause 4, page 3, line 25, at end add— |
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| | ‘(8) | A disposal of the Crown’s interest in a Post Office company will not be |
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| | (a) | The Secretary of State has secured a written contract from the proposed |
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| | purchaser that at least one representative from those directly employed |
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| | by the Post Office or its successors will sit on the board of the new body; |
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| | (b) | The Secretary of State has secured a written contract from the purchaser |
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| | that the headquarters of the new body will be located within the United |
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| | (c) | It has been agreed that any subsequent plans to relocate the headquarters |
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| | of the new body will require the approval of the Secretary of State; |
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| | (d) | A consultation exercise has been held where all those enaged in the |
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| | provision of postal services in the UK have the opportunity to express |
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| | their views on the proposed transfer; |
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| | (e) | The Secretary of State has responded formally to that consultation; |
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| | (f) | A vote of all employees of and stakeholders in the affected Post Office |
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| | company has taken place and a minimum of 50 per cent. + 1 of the |
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| | workforce have voted in favour of the proposed transfer; and |
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| | (g) | The Secretary of State has presented to Parliament a Bill which confers |
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| | on the Secretary of State the power to dispose of the business and the duty |
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| | to report to Parliament on— |
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| | (i) | all aspects of the proposed transfer, and |
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| | (ii) | how the £1.34 billion investment in the Post Office has been |
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| | spent at the proposed time of transfer and the value of the |
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| | unspent budget, whilst detailing the progress made towards the |
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| Clause 5, page 3, line 33, leave out ‘report’ and insert ‘Bill’. |
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| Clause 5, page 3, line 33, leave out from ‘report’ to end of subsection (2) and insert |
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| ‘identifying the preferred purchasers, and must deliver an oral statement to Parliament on |
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| the matter and lay an order on the proposed disposal which will be subject to the super- |
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| affirmative procedure under section 18 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act |
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| Clause 5, page 3, line 33, leave out from ‘report’ to end of subsection (2) and insert |
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| ‘identifying the preferred purchasers, and must deliver an oral statement to Parliament on |
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| the matter and lay an order on the proposed disposal which will be subject to the |
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| affirmative resolution procedure.’. |
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| Clause 5, page 3, line 34, at end insert ‘which confers on the Secretary of State the |
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| powers to make the disposal.’. |
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| Clause 5, page 3, line 35, leave out ‘the report must’ and insert ‘when laying the |
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| Bill the Secretary of State must report to Parliament and’. |
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| Clause 5, page 3, line 40, at end add ‘and |
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| | (d) | be subject to the approval of both Houses of Parliament, on the basis of |
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| | a Motion in the name of the Secretary of State.’. |
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| Clause 8, page 5, line 14, leave out ‘reasonably’. |
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| Clause 11, page 6, line 22, leave out ‘the company’s’. |
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| Clause 11, page 6, line 22, at end add— |
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| | ‘(aa) | the nature and extent of any business run in parallel with the post office |
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| Clause 11, page 6, line 26, at end insert ‘and |
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| | ( ) | the locations where post office services are at the time of the report not being |
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| | provided but which are identified in the Post Office plan as outlet locations.’. |
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| Clause 11, page 6, line 26, at end insert ‘and |
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| | ( ) | the number and locations where post office services have ceased to be |
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| | delivered since the last report and the reasons for this service reduction.’. |
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| Clause 11, page 6, line 26, at end insert ‘and |
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| | ( ) | the number and locations where mobile post office services are being |
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| Clause 11, page 6, line 26, at end insert ‘and |
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| | ( ) | the steps taken to address any reduction in outlet numbers as identified in |
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| Clause 11, page 6, line 26, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(d) | the utilisation of the network by the universal service provider, and any |
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| | changes in the preceding year.’. |
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| Clause 11, page 6, line 31, after ‘small’, insert ‘and medium’. |
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| Clause 11, page 6, line 35, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | The report must state the extent to which the Post Office network assists |
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| | individuals in completing Government forms.’. |
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| Clause 11, page 6, line 38, at end add ‘and the Government must set a date for a |
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| debate on the report on the floor of the House within five days of the report being laid.’. |
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| Clause 16, page 9, line 25, at end insert ‘(but may not convert benefits that are not |
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| money purchase benefits to money purchase benefits),’. |
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| Clause 16, page 9, line 43, at end add— |
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| | ‘(9) | On making an order under subsection (2) and prior to the transfer of qualifying |
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| | accrued rights the Secretary of State must— |
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| | (a) | inform all members affected that they are to be transferred to a new |
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| | (b) | inform all active and deferred members of their accrued rights in the new |
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| | (c) | inform all pensioner members of the details of payments from the new |
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| | scheme and when they will commence; and |
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| | (d) | inform all members of the details of the new scheme.’. |
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| Clause 17, page 10, line 6, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | Before making an order under this section the Secretary of State must obtain the |
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| | consent of the trustees of the RMPP.’. |
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| Clause 18, page 10, line 16, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2A) | An order under this section must not include any provision that permits the |
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| | winding-up of the RMPP.’. |
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| Clause 27, page 14, line 30, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘will’. |
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| Clause 27, page 14, line 31, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘will’. |
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| Clause 28, page 15, line 4, at end insert ‘and to facilitate this, the current funding |
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| agreement of Postcomm in respect of regulating postal services will be transferred in its |
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| Clause 28, page 15, leave out subsection (3). |
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| Clause 28, page 15, line 10, at end add— |
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| | ‘(c) | the needs of small business users in rural and remote areas.’. |
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| Clause 28, page 15, line 14, at end insert ‘, and OFCOM shall include Post Office |
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| branches as access points.’. |
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| Clause 28, page 15, line 15, after ‘receptacle’, insert ‘, Post Office Branch’. |
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| Clause 29, page 15, line 28, at end insert ‘ and OFCOM will ensure that any such |
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| order or modification does not immediately disadvantage— |
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| | (a) | individuals living in rural areas, |
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| | (b) | individuals living in urban areas, |
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| | (c) | small and medium enterprises, |
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| | (d) | disadvantaged individuals, |
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| | (e) | individuals with low income, |
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| | (f) | individuals with disabilities, and |
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| | (g) | elderly individuals.’. |
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| Clause 29, page 15, line 29, leave out subsection (4) and insert— |
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| | ‘(4) | The Secretary of State must specify the terms of a universal service order prior to |
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| | OFCOM assuming powers to regulate postal services, which must be laid before |
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| | Parliament at least one month prior to the day on which the provisions of this Part |
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| | come generally into force; and thereafter OFCOM must carry out an assessment |
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| | of the matters detailed in subsection (3) before the end of the period of 18 months |
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| | beginning with the day on which the provisions of this Part come generally into |
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| Clause 29, page 15, line 31, leave out ‘before the end of the period of 18 months |
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| beginning with’ and insert ‘not before 5 years after’. |
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| Clause 30, page 16, line 3, after ‘letters’, insert ‘and other postal packets’. |
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