AUSTRALIAN POSTAL CORPORATION ACT 1989 - SECT 90UC Dealing with or returning scam mail

AUSTRALIAN POSTAL CORPORATION ACT 1989 - SECT 90UC

  (1)   If, after opening and examining one or more articles within a batch of articles under section   90UB, a consumer protection agency believes on reasonable grounds that the batch consists of, or contains, scam mail, the agency must deal with the articles within the batch in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth or of the State or Territory applicable to the articles.

  (2)   If the consumer protection agency believes on reasonable grounds that the article or articles that have been opened by the consumer protection agency do not consist of, or contain, scam mail, the consumer protection agency must:

  (a)   close up any article within the batch that has been opened by the consumer protection agency; and

  (b)   return the batch, as soon as is practicable, to Australia Post.

  (3)   If the batch is returned to Australia Post, Australia Post must return the batch to the normal course of carriage, following the procedures (if any) that are prescribed for the purposes of this section.

  (4)   Subsections   (1) and (3) have effect subject to section   90X.