Commonwealth Numbered Acts

POSTAL SERVICES ACT 1975 No. 54, 1975 - SECT 16

16. (1) Where the postage is not fully pre-paid on a postal article posted for
delivery in Australia, the Commission is entitled to be paid, as a condition
of delivery, such fee, in addition to the amount of the postage or of the
deficient postage payable in respect of the transmission of the article, as is
payable in accordance with a determination made by the Commission.

(2) For the purposes of this section, where the postage is paid in full in
respect of a postal article in accordance with an arrangement of a kind
referred to in section 15 that is applicable to the article, the postage in
respect of that postal article shall be deemed to have been fully pre-paid.