New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 1 October 2008
| Public Act | 1998 No 2 |
| Date of assent | 18 March 1998 |
| Commencement | see section 1(2) |
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Economic Development.
1 Short title and commencement
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
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
14 Offender not relieved from liability
Further provisions relating to opening of postal articles
15 Opening of postal articles to effect delivery
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 3
Registration of postal operators
26 Definition of business of postal operator
Requirement for postal operators to be registered
27 Postal operators must be registered
Registration of postal operators
29 Applications for registration
30 Cancellation of registration
31 Offence relating to registration
32 Register of postal operators
33 Requirement to notify Secretary of certain matters
36 Certificate of Secretary to be evidence
Postal operators to identify mail
39 Postal operator to identify mail accepted by it
Erection of public letterboxes
43 Appeals in relation to conditions imposed
Obligations on postal operator ceasing business
46 Postal operator must notify Secretary of intention to cease business
47 Obligations on postal operator ceasing business
48 Designation of postal operators as postal administration
50 Designated postal operators to comply with Government policy directions
54 Revocation, etc, of conditions
Disclosure of information by the corporation
Part 5
Miscellaneous provisions
56 Failure to comply with information disclosure requirements
58 Offences punishable on summary conviction
59 Time for bringing prosecution extended
Regulations—Information disclosure
61 Regulations requiring disclosure of information
Consequential amendments and repeals
62 Consequential amendments and repeals
63 NZ Post to be registered postal operator
64 Application to postal articles posted in contravention of Postal Services Act 1987
An Act to regulate the provision of postal services
