Singapore legislation
Section 23M
Section 23M
Provision of space or facility under code of practice
(1)
Without affecting section 24, the Postal Authority may, for the purposes of this Part —
issue one or more codes of practice for or in connection with —
the installation, operation and maintenance of the public parcel locker network, including the charges and terms and conditions relating to the use and provision of public parcel lockers;
the provision, maintenance and use of, and access to, space and facilities in or on any specified premises or relevant land for the operation of any public parcel locker or related installation; and
the allocation of costs and expenses incurred for the provision, maintenance and use of, and access to, the space and facilities mentioned in sub‑paragraph (ii); and
amend, suspend or revoke the whole or any part of any code of practice issued under paragraph (a).
(2)
A code of practice issued under subsection (1) may, in particular —
require the developer, owner or occupier of any specified premises or relevant land to provide, maintain or give access to, at the expense of the developer, owner or occupier (as the case may be), any space or facility in or on the specified premises or relevant land for the installation, operation or maintenance of any public parcel locker or related installation; and
provide for any fees and charges that may be payable to the Postal Authority in relation to any application or request made to the Postal Authority under the code of practice.
(3)
If any provision in any code of practice issued under subsection (1) is inconsistent with any provision of this Act, that provision in that code of practice, to the extent of the inconsistency —
is to have effect subject to the provisions of this Act; or
having regard to this Act, is not to have effect.
(4)
Where any code of practice is issued, amended or revoked under subsection (1), the Postal Authority must —
publish a notice of the issue, amendment or revocation (as the case may be) of the code of practice in such manner as will secure adequate publicity for the issue, amendment or revocation;
specify in the notice in paragraph (a) the date of issue, amendment or revocation, as the case may be; and
ensure that, so long as the code of practice remains in force, copies of that code of practice, and all amendments to that code of practice, are made available, free of charge, to the persons to whom the code of practice applies.
(5)
No code of practice, no amendment to a code of practice and no revocation of any code of practice has any force or effect as a code of practice until the notice relating to that code of practice is published in accordance with subsection (4).
(6)
A code of practice issued under subsection (1) does not have legislative effect.
(7)
Subject to subsection (8), the public parcel locker network operator and every developer, owner or occupier of any specified premises or relevant land to whom any code of practice applies must comply, at that person’s expense, with that code of practice.
(8)
The Postal Authority may, either generally or for any period that the Postal Authority may specify, waive the application, to the public parcel locker network operator or any developer, owner or occupier of any specified premises or relevant land, of any code of practice issued under subsection (1) or any part of that code of practice.