Official Secrets Act

[CanucksTraveller]

What surprised me was that the signing was not what I'd expected in terms of gravity. Yes we had a briefing on what we were addressing, and I'd not exactly pictured a vault with armed guards, an ostrich feather quill, and an enormous ledger, but the little tiny A5 slip of green paper was a bit of a let down. Especially being bundled in together with some other unrelated and tedious admin forms!

I've actually signed it twice, but since it's supposed to be binding for life I did find myself querying on the second go what the point of that was.
I think the guy replied with something like "just making sure".

 

[PeteXXX]

My signing was in amongst a big pile of Royal Mail induction paperwork, none of which I can talk about.

 

[tyred]

I signed it too but I can't tell you why yet. It would ruin the front page of tomorrow's Daily Mirror if you told you

 

[numbnuts]

I signed it too as I use to build warships for foreign powers
one I built earlier

 

[Drago]

Ive signed itntwice, once as a young bobby and once as a skipper. I could easily have declined, but I wanted to be part of the operations that necessitated it and they'd have just turfed me off if Id been defiant over that, no matter how hollow it is as the act does not require a signature in order to be valid.

 

[presta]

I signed the OSA on the day I started work on 22 September 1975, after watching a training film about security and classified information. I designed civil equipment, but most of the sites where I worked were both military and civil.

 

[biggs682]

I thought it was part of the agreement to post on cycle chat

 

[GM]

I signed it once, and I had to use somebody else's name

 

[oldwheels]

Like Postman I signed when I was for a short time a postman. It was nearly 70 years ago so probably doesn't count now.😊

 

[Milkfloat]

I signed an American equivalent that threatened me with all sorts of nastiness. I was importing some military grade equipment (the sort found in missiles), I was under all sorts of threats if we mislaid any of them, which thankfully we did not.

 

[FishFright]

I once applied for a job as a cleaner that if I had got an interview I'd would have had to sign it

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I once signed cheques written out to the official secrets act. I can’t tell you how much for.

 

[Jenkins]

I signed it nearly 37 years ago. However it doesn't stop me saying how useless my ultimate boss (a certain Ms Patel) is as that's not a secret.

 

[FishFright]

I once applied for a job as a cleaner that if I had got an interview I'd would have had to sign it

The place hasn't existed for a good while but it looked a lot like Irton Moor , with huge VLF aerial arrays filling nearby fields.

forgot to finish the original post !

 

[Drago]

I signed it once, and I had to use somebody else's name

@Accy cyclist is wondering why hes illiterate, yet has signed the OSA 126 times!