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AUSTRALIAN POSTAL CORPORATION ACT 1989 - SECT 102

Regulations

                   The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing matters:

                     (a)  required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or

                     (b)  necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act;

and may, for example, make regulations:

                     (c)  with respect to the arrangements for collecting duties of customs and other duties payable in relation to articles carried by post; and

                     (d)  with respect to dealing with articles that may contain goods on which duties of customs or other duties are payable; and

                   (da)  prescribing Acts for the purposes of the following definitions in section 90E:

                              (i)  consumer protection law ;

                             (ii)  State Fair Trading Act ;

                            (iii)  State Sale of Goods Act ; and

                   (db)  prescribing agencies for the purposes of the following definitions in section 90E:

                              (i)  compliance agency ;

                             (ii)  consumer protection agency ; and

                   (dc)  prescribing States and Territories for the purposes of the definition of prescribed State/Territory in section 90E; and

                   (dd)  prescribing a period for the purposes of the definition of decision period in subsection 90UB(6); and

                     (e)  with respect to the making of deductions from amounts due to any of Australia Post's employees on account of judgment debts; and

                     (g)  with respect to the forfeiture and destruction of articles carried by post; and

                     (h)  prescribing fines not exceeding $1,000 for offences against the regulations.




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