Reprint as at 1 August 2008

Postal Services Act 1998

Public Act	1998 No 2
Date of assent	18 March 1998

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.

Title

1 Short title and commencement

Part 1
Preliminary provisions

2 Interpretation

3 Act to bind the Crown

Part 2
General 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 3
Registration 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

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 4
Postal 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 5
Miscellaneous 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

Schedule
Enactments Amended

Reprint notes

An Act to regulate the provision of postal services

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:

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