AUSTRALIAN POSTAL CORPORATION ACT 1989 - SECT 28A Australia Post may return letters received from foreign postal authorities
AUSTRALIAN POSTAL CORPORATION ACT 1989 - SECT 28A
Australia Post may return letters received from foreign postal authorities(1) This section applies to letters and other postal articles received by Australia Post from a foreign postal authority, whether they are for delivery within Australia or not.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), if, under a convention, Australia is permitted to return a letter or postal article, Australia Post may return the article in accordance with the convention despite its obligations under this Division.
(3) The Minister may give written directions to the Board, consistent with the convention, about how the power to return articles should be exercised (including whether that power should be exercised in particular circumstances).
(4) The Board must ensure that Australia Post complies with any directions under subsection (3).
(5) If the Minister gives a direction under subsection
(3), the Minister must cause a copy of the direction to be laid before each
House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after giving the
direction.