Clause 12

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:“(1) The Postal Authority may, from time to time —

issue one or more codes of practice or standards of performance;

approve as a code of practice or standard of performance any document prepared by a person other than the Postal Authority if the Postal Authority considers the document suitable for this purpose; or

amend or revoke any code of practice or standard of performance issued under paragraph (a) or approved under paragraph (b),with respect to all or any of the following:

the operation of postal systems;

the provision of postal services;

the activities and conduct of postal licensees in the provision of postal services;

agreements or arrangements between a public postal licensee and any applicable person or class of applicable persons under which the public postal licensee delivers applicable postal articles to letter boxes;

competition, abuse of a dominant position in the market for postal systems or postal services and fair market conduct in the provision of postal services in Singapore;

the acquisitions or consolidations involving a postal licensee and any other person (whether a postal licensee or otherwise);

the carrying out of the purposes and provisions of this Act and for the due administration of this Act.(1A) In subsection (1)(g), “applicable person” and “applicable postal article” have the meanings given by section 7A(2).”; and

by deleting paragraph (c) of subsection (4) and substituting the following paragraph:“(c)ensure that, so long as the code of practice or standard of performance remains in force, copies of that code or standard, and all amendments to that code or standard, are made available, free of charge, to the persons to whom the code or standard applies.”.