Postal Services Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Offences and Penalties
39J. Offence to place prohibited item in public parcel locker
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Subject to subsection (2), a person who places, or causes to be placed, a prohibited item in a public parcel locker shall be guilty of an offence.
public parcel locker
“public parcel locker” means a parcel locker mentioned in section 23B(a);
Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, at the time the person places any thing in a public parcel locker or causes any thing to be placed in a public parcel locker, does not know, and has no reason to believe, that the thing is or contains a prohibited item.
In this section, “prohibited item” means —
any parcel which contains any indecent or obscene article, or bears any word, mark or design of an indecent or obscene or a scurrilous, threatening or grossly offensive character;
any article or thing which is likely to damage any public parcel locker or any parcel placed in a public parcel locker, or injure any person using a public parcel locker;
except as otherwise provided by any regulations made under this Act —
any explosive, inflammable, dangerous, filthy, noxious or deleterious substance;
any sharp instrument which is not properly protected; or
any living creature which is noxious or likely to damage any public parcel locker or any parcel placed in a public parcel locker, or injure any person using a public parcel locker; or
any other parcel or class of parcel prescribed.