Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN POSTAL CORPORATION ACT 1989 - SECT 27

             (1)  Australia Post shall supply a letter service.

             (2)  The principal purpose of the letter service is, by physical means:

                     (a)  to carry, within Australia, letters that Australia Post has the exclusive right to carry; and

                     (b)  to carry letters between Australia and places outside Australia.

             (3)  Australia Post shall make the letter service available at a single uniform rate of postage for the carriage within Australia, by ordinary post, of letters that are standard postal articles.

             (4)  Australia Post shall ensure:

                     (a)  that, in view of the social importance of the letter service, the service is reasonably accessible to all people in Australia on an equitable basis, wherever they reside or carry on business; and

                     (b)  that the performance standards (including delivery times) for the letter service reasonably meet the social, industrial and commercial needs of the Australian community.

             (5)  In this section:

"Australia" includes Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, but does not include any other external Territory to which this Act extends.