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Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983
Articles of association.
16.—(1) F16[…]
(2) The articles of association of each company shall provide that—
(a) the number of directors (including the chairman) shall be at least 12 or such greater number as the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Finance may determine from time to time;
(b) the chairman and other directors shall be appointed and may be removed from office by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Finance;
(c) the remuneration of the chairman and other directors shall be determined by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for the Public Service;
(d) no person shall be appointed as auditor of the company without the approval of the Minister given with the consent of the Minister for Finance;
(e) the company shall, in consultation and agreement with recognised trade unions and staff associations, set up machinery for the purposes of negotiations concerned with the pay and conditions of service of its staff;
(f) the company shall not invest in any other undertaking without the approval of the Minister given with the consent of the Minister for Finance.
(3) The articles of association of the postal company shall provide that the company shall, in consultation and agreement with recognised unions and associations, set up machinery for the purposes of negotiations concerning the remuneration and other contractual conditions of postmasters.
Annotations
Amendments:
F16
Repealed (4.07.2011) by Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 ()10/2011), s. 64(1), commenced on enactment.
Modifications (not altering text):
C12
Functions transferred and references to Minister for Finance construed as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (29.07.2011) by Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011), arts. 3, 5 and sch. 1 part 2, in operation as per art. 1(2).
3. The functions conferred on the Minister for Finance by or under the provisions of —
(a) the enactments specified in Schedule 1, and
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are transferred to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
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5. References to the Minister for Finance contained in any Act or instrument under an Act and relating to any functions transferred by this Order shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
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Schedule 1
Enactments
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Part 2
1922 to 2011 Enactments
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Number and Year |
Short Title |
Provision |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
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No. 24 of 1983 |
Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983 |
Sections 3, 10(3)(d), 11, 16(2), 26, 32, 33, 50, 51 and 110 |
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The history of the Ministers concerned with Finance aspects of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983 can be traced as follows:
• Functions transferred and title of Minister for Finance changed to Public Expenditure and Reform (29.07.2011) by Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2025);
• Title of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform changed to Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (1.02.2023) by Public Expenditure and Reform (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 19 of 2023), in operation as per art. 1(2);
• Title of Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform changed to Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (5.06.2025) by Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 243 of 2025).
C13
Application of subs. (1), (2)(a)-(d), (f) restricted insofar as they apply to the company (7.02.1997) by Telecommunications (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996 (34/1996), s. 14(2) and sch. 3 part II, S.I. No. 72 of 1996, art. 3.
Repeals
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(2) The enactment mentioned in column (2) of Part II of the Third Schedule is hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in column (3) of that Schedule in so far as it applies to the company.
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THIRD SCHEDULE
Repeals
Section 14
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PART II
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Number and Year |
Title of Act |
Extent of Repeal |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
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No. 24 of 1983. |
Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983. |
Sections 10 (3) (c) and (d), 16 (1) and (2) (a), (b), (c), (d), (f), 17, 19 (4), 21, 23, 25, 31 (3), 36 and 110 (5) in so far as they apply to the company. |
C14
Functions transferred and references to Minister for Public Service construed as Finance (19.03.1987) by Public Service (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1987 (S.I. No. 81 of 1987), art. 4(1)(a), (2) and sch., subject to transitional provisions in arts. 5-9.
4. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for the Public Service—
(a) by or under the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1973 (No. 14 of 1973), or the statutes mentioned in the Schedule to this Order, and
(b) by virtue of the Public Service (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1973 (S.I. No. 294 of 1973),
are hereby transferred to the Minister for Finance.
(2) References to the Minister for the Public Service contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any functions transferred by this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Finance.
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SCHEDULE
Acts, functions under which are transferred to the Minister for Finance
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Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983 (No. 24 of 1983);
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