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Postal Services Act 2011

Postal Services Act 2011

2011 CHAPTER 5

Commentary on Sections

Part 1: Restructuring of Royal Mail Group

Supplementary provisions

Section 12: Annual report on postal museum collection and archive

75.Subsection (1) requires a Royal Mail company to report annually to the Secretary of State on its activities in relation to the British Postal Museum Collection and the Royal Mail Archive, and subsection (5) clarifies that this applies irrespective of whether the name of these entities change.

76.Subsection (2) requires that before preparing the report, a Royal Mail company must consult any Post Office company.

77.Subsection (3) requires the Secretary of State to lay a copy of the report before Parliament.

78.Subsection (4) provides that a Royal Mail company's duty to report is enforceable through civil proceedings.

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