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Postal Services Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Postal Services and Systems

17. Administrative exemption from section 16

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2021.

(1)

The Postal Authority may, where the Postal Authority is satisfied that all of the matters in subsection (2) apply, exempt —

(a)

a particular developer of a particular residential building or a particular commercial or industrial building from the application of section 16(3)(a); or

(b)

a particular applicable person for a particular residential building or a particular commercial or industrial building from the application of section 16(5)(a) or (b).

(2)

The matters mentioned in subsection (1) are the following:

(a)

that either of the following applies:

(i)

there is no suitable location in the particular residential building or the particular commercial or industrial building for letter boxes to be provided;

(ii)

having regard to the use or intended use of the particular residential building or the particular commercial or industrial building, there is no need for letter boxes to be provided;

(b)

appropriate alternative arrangements have been or will be made by the particular developer or particular applicable person for the receipt of postal articles.

(3)

An exemption under this section —

(a)

must be in writing and given to the particular developer or particular applicable person, as the case may be; and

(b)

need not be published in the Gazette.

(4)

In this section, “applicable person” has the meaning given by section 16(13).