Title
1 Short title and commencement
Part 1Preliminary provisions
2 Interpretation
3 Act to bind the Crown
Part 2General provisions
Postage stamps
4 Postage stamps
Detention and examination of postal articles
5 Detention of postal articles
6 Postal articles found to be in contravention of this Act
7 Postal operator or claimant may apply for order as to disposal
8 Disposal following conviction
9 No action to lie
10 Postal articles believed to be in contravention of other enactments
11 Valuable postal articles to be kept safely
12 Record of postal articles detained and opened
13 Offences
14 Offender not relieved from liability
Further provisions relating to opening of postal articles
15 Opening of postal articles to effect delivery
Undeliverable postal articles
16 Undeliverable postal articles
17 Disposal of unclaimed postal articles
18 Postal articles required to be dealt with under other provisions
General obligations relating to postal articles
19 Obligation to pass on postal articles
20 Wrongful divulgence of information
21 Posting of objectionable thing
22 Posting indecent article, etc
23 Unlawfully opening postal article
24 Posting of dangerous enclosure
25 Recording on postal article incorrect time or place of posting
Part 3Registration of postal operators
Interpretation
26 Definition of business of postal operator
Requirement for postal operators to be registered
27 Postal operators must be registered
28 Offence
Registration of postal operators
29 Applications for registration
30 Cancellation of registration
31 Offence relating to registration
Register of postal operators
32 Register of postal operators
33 Requirement to notify Secretary of certain matters
34 Inspection of register
35 Removal from register
36 Certificate of Secretary to be evidence
Appeals
37 Right of appeal
38 Determination of appeals
Part 4Postal operators
Postal operators to identify mail
39 Postal operator to identify mail accepted by it
Erection of public letterboxes
40 Public letterboxes
41 Notice of work
42 Offence
43 Appeals in relation to conditions imposed
44 Determination of appeals
Loss or delay of letters
45 Loss or delay of letters
Obligations on postal operator ceasing business
46 Postal operator must notify Secretary of intention to cease business
47 Obligations on postal operator ceasing business
Designated postal operators
48 Designation of postal operators as postal administration
49 Effect of designation
50 Designated postal operators to comply with Government policy directions
51 Duration of designation
52 Crown not liable
53 Revocation of designation
54 Revocation, etc, of conditions
Disclosure of information by the corporation
55 Information to Secretary
Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
Offences and penalties
56 Failure to comply with information disclosure requirements
57 Penalty
58 Offences punishable on summary conviction
59 Time for bringing prosecution extended
Regulations—General
60 Regulations
Regulations—information disclosure
61 Regulations requiring disclosure of information
Consequential Amendments and Repeals
62 Consequential amendments and repeals
Transitional Provisions
63 NZ Post to be registered postal operator
64 Application to postal articles posted in contravention of Postal Services Act 1987
65 NZ Post to be sole postal administration for 5 years
ScheduleEnactments Amended
An Act to regulate the provision of postal services
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows: