Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Postal Services (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2 of the Postal Services Act (called in this Act the principal Act) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definitions of “code of practice” and “standard of performance” in subsection (1) and substituting the following definitions:“ “code of practice” means a code of practice issued or approved under section 23M or 24;“common property” and “limited common property” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act;”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “correspondent” in subsection (1), the following definition:“ “delivery service provider”, in relation to an article or a thing mentioned in paragraph (a) of the definition of “parcel”, means a person that —

(a)

conveys any such article or thing from any place to a public parcel locker or vice versa; and

(b)

performs all incidental services of collecting, sorting, sending, despatching and placing in or collecting from a public parcel locker any such article or thing;”;

(c)

by deleting the definition of “equipment” in subsection (1) and substituting the following definitions:“ “equipment” —

(a)

in relation to a public parcel locker — includes any appliance, apparatus or accessory used or intended to be used with the public parcel locker; or

(b)

in any other case — includes any appliance, apparatus or accessory used or intended to be used for postal purposes;“Housing and Development Board” means the Housing and Development Board established by section 3 of the Housing and Development Act;”;

(d)

by deleting the definition of “parcel” in subsection (1) and substituting the following definitions:“ “parcel” means —

(a)

an article or a thing that is placed in a parcel locker for collection by an intended recipient, a person authorised by the intended recipient or a delivery service provider, as the case may be; or

(b)

a postal article which is posted at a post office in Singapore as a parcel in accordance with the provisions of this Act or is received at a post office in Singapore by parcel post;“parcel locker” means a box or receptacle that is provided or used for the receipt of parcels addressed to any person, but does not include a letter box or a posting box;”;

(e)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “posting box” in subsection (1), the following definitions:“ “public parcel locker” means a parcel locker mentioned in section 23B(a);“public parcel locker network” has the meaning given by section 23B;“public parcel locker network operator” means a person appointed by the Postal Authority under section 23C(1);”;

(f)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “public postal licensee’s installation or plant” in subsection (1), the following definitions:“ “related installation”, in relation to a public parcel locker, includes any structure, equipment or cable used or intended for use with the public parcel locker;“related software”, in relation to a public parcel locker or a public parcel locker network, means any software used or intended to be used to operate the public parcel locker or public parcel locker network;”;

(g)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “sender” in subsection (1), the following definition:“ “standard of performance” means a standard of performance issued or approved under section 24;”;

(h)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “TAS” in subsection (1), the following definition:“ “Town Council” means a Town Council established by section 4 of the Town Councils Act;”; and

(i)

by inserting, immediately after the words “physical medium” in subsection (2), the words “(not exceeding 500 grams in weight)”.

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