Singapore legislation

Section 23J

of Postal Services Act 1999

Section 23J

Procedure for purposes of section 23I

Amended by10/202110/202110/202110/202110/202110/2021

(1)

Where the public parcel locker network operator intends to enter any specified premises or relevant land under section 23I(1), the public parcel locker network operator must —

(a)

give at least 14 days’ written notice to the owner or occupier of the specified premises or relevant land before entering that specified premises or relevant land, as the case may be; and

(b)

satisfy any other prescribed requirements.

Amended by10/2021

(2)

The written notice given under subsection (1)(a) must state —

(a)

as fully and accurately as possible the nature and extent of the acts intended to be done; and

(b)

the time within which the owner or occupier of the specified premises or relevant land may lodge a written objection with the Postal Authority.

Amended by10/2021

(3)

Where a written objection is lodged by the owner or occupier of the specified premises or relevant land (called in this section the objector) —

(a)

the Postal Authority must notify the public parcel locker network operator to resolve the dispute with the objector; and

(b)

the public parcel locker network operator must, upon receiving the Postal Authority’s notice under paragraph (a), take genuine steps to resolve the dispute with the objector.

Amended by10/2021

(4)

If the public parcel locker network operator fails to resolve the dispute with the objector, the Postal Authority may, after giving each party a reasonable opportunity to be heard, decide on the written objection.

Amended by10/2021

(5)

The Postal Authority may authorise, subject to the terms and conditions that the Postal Authority thinks fit, any of the acts mentioned in the notice given under subsection (1)(a) to be carried out.

Amended by10/2021

(6)

The public parcel locker network operator may enter the specified premises or relevant land (as the case may be), and do all or any of the acts mentioned in the written notice given under subsection (1)(a) —

(a)

where no written objection is lodged within the period specified in the written notice — after the expiry of that period; or

(b)

where a written objection is lodged within the period specified in the written notice —

(i)

after the written objection is withdrawn;

(ii)

after the public parcel locker network operator resolves the dispute with the objector; or

(iii)

on the Postal Authority’s authorisation under subsection (5), subject to the terms and conditions (if any) imposed by the Postal Authority under that subsection.

Amended by10/2021