Commonwealth Numbered Acts

POSTAL SERVICES ACT 1975 No. 54, 1975 - SECT 3

3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-

''approved bank'' means a bank approved by the Treasurer for the purposes of
the provision in which the expression occurs;

''article'' includes a substance or thing;

''Australia'', when used in a geographical sense, includes the prescribed
external Territories;

''authorized person'' means a person authorized by the Commission for the
purpose of the provision in which the expression occurs;

''Chairman'' means the Chairman of the Commission;

''Chief General Manager'' means the Chief General Manager of the Commission;

''commencing date'' means the date fixed by Proclamation under sub-section 2
(2);

''Commission'' means the Australian Postal Commission established by this Act;

''Commissioner'' means the Managing Director or another Commissioner holding
office under section 25;

''convention'' means a convention to which Australia is a party or an
agreement or arrangement between Australia and another country or other
countries;

''Deputy Chairman'' means the Deputy Chairman of the Commission;

''employee'' means a person engaged by the Commission as a temporary employee
under section 45;

''mail'' includes a package, receptacle or covering in which postal articles
in course of transmission by post are conveyed, whether the package,
receptacle or covering does or does not contain any postal articles;

''Managing Director'' means the Managing Director of the Commission;

''officer'' means a person who is appointed to the Service under section 42 or
deemed to have been appointed to the Service under Part IV of the Transitional
Provisions Act;

''organization'' means an organization registered under the Conciliation and
Arbitration Act 1904-1974;

''part-time Commissioner'' means a Commissioner other than the Managing
Director;

''postage'', in relation to the transmission of a postal article, means the
amount payable for transmission of the postal article by post, including any
special charge or additional fee payable for a special service required in
connexion with the transmission of the article;

''postal article'' means an article transmissible by post or an article not
transmissible by post but transmissible by the courier service;

''prescribed external Territory'' means an external Territory other than Papua
New Guinea, Norfolk Island or the Territory of Christmas Island;

''registered publication'' means a copy of a number of a publication
registered for transmission by post in accordance with the By-laws;

''Service'' means the Australian Postal Commission Service established by
section 41;

''Transitional Provisions Act'' means the Postal and Telecommunications
Commissions (Transitional Provisions) Act 1975.

(2) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-

   (a)  a reference to an office of the Commission is a reference to an office
        at which postal articles may be posted or from which postal articles
        transmitted through the post may be delivered to an addressee;

   (b)  a reference to a receptacle or box for the reception of
        postal articles erected by the Commission includes a reference to a
        receptacle or box for the reception of postal articles vested in the
        Commission under section 29 of the Transitional Provisions Act;

   (c)  a reference to the transmission of moneys through the post is a
        reference to the service provided by the Commission for the purpose of
        enabling persons to pay money to the Commission for payment to another
        person;

   (d)  a reference to the transmission of a postal article by ordinary post
        is a reference to the transmission of the article in such manner as
        will not involve the provision, in relation to the transmission of the
        article, of a service for which a special charge or additional fee is
        payable under the provisions of this Act; and

   (e)  a reference to the original position-

        (i)    of a person who has been dismissed under section 61, 64 or 65
               or is to be deemed, under section 68, to have resigned; or

        (ii)   of an officer who has been transferred to another position
               under section 61, 64 or 65,

is a reference to the position held by that person or officer immediately
before the dismissal, resignation or transfer, as the case may be, or, if the
person or officer was then performing the duties of another position to which
he had been temporarily transferred under section 62, to the position held by
him immediately before that temporary transfer.