POSTAL SERVICES ACT 1975 No. 54, 1975
POSTAL SERVICES ACT 1975 No. 54, 1975 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS
POSTAL SERVICES ACT 1975 No. 54 of 1975 TABLE OF PROVISIONS PART I-PRELIMINARY Section 1. Short title 2. Commencement 3. Interpretation 4. Extension of Act to Territories PART II-ESTABLISHMENT, FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN POSTAL COMMISSION 5. Establishment of Commission 6. Functions of Commission 7. Duties of Commission 8. Minister may give directions to the Commission 9. Powers of the Commission 10. Courier service 11. Erection of postal boxes 12. Commission may act as agent, &c. PART III-POSTAL SERVICES Division 1-Postage 13. Issue and sale of postage stamps 14. Payment of postage 15. When postage need not be pre-paid 16. Postal articles on which postage insufficiently pre-paid 17. Postage stamps to be valuable securities Division 2-Postal Charges 18. Charges for postage and other charges 19. Reimbursement 20. Special charges Division 3-Carriage of Mail 21. Carriage of mail by rail 22. Vessels may be required to carry mail 23. Detention of vessel required to carry mail PART IV-CONSTITUTION AND MEETINGS OF THE COMMISSION 24. Constitution of Commission 25. Composition of Commission 26. Period of appointment 27. Remuneration and allowances 28. Chairman and Deputy Chairman of Commission 29. Leave of absence 30. Resignation of Commissioner 31. Termination of appointments 32. Acting Commissioners 33. Acting Chairman and Deputy Chairman 34. Meetings of the Commission 35. Duties of the Managing Director 36. Delegation PART V-THE STAFF OF THE COMMISSION Division 1-The Chief General Manager 37. Chief General Manager 38. Remuneration of Chief General Manager 39. Acting Chief General Manager 40. Duties of Chief General Manager Division 2-Establishment of the Australian Postal Commission Service 41. Establishment of Australian Postal Commission Service Division 3-Officers and Employees 42. Officers
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43. Appointments to be on probation 44. Re-appointment of persons who have resigned from the Service to become candidates at elections 45. Employees 46. Terms and conditions of employment Division 4-Classifications, Appointments and Promotions 47. Creation and abolition of positions 48. Re-classification 49. Filling of vacant positions 50. Selection of officers for promotion 51. Qualification for particular positions 52. Transfers and promotions to certain positions 53. Promotion of officers who complete courses of training for special positions 54. Appeals against promotions 55. Chairman of Promotions Appeal Boards 56. Promotions Appeal Boards Division 5-Tenure of Office 57. Tenure of office 58. Excess officers 59. Retirement, &c., on ground of inefficiency, incapacity, &c. Division 6-Dismissals and Punishments 60. Definitions 61. Disciplinary action 62. Suspension of officers 63. Removal and variation of suspension 64. Convictions by courts 65. Appeals 66. Disciplinary Appeal Boards 67. Review of findings Division 7-Forfeiture of Office 68. Forfeiture of office Division 8-Powers and Functions of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission in respect of the Service 69. Interpretation 70. Settlement of industrial disputes and determination of industrial matters in respect of the Service 71. Application of provisions of Conciliation and Arbitration Act 72. Awards deemed to be made under Conciliation and Arbitration Act 73. Public Service Arbitration Act not to apply PART VI-FINANCE 74. Capital 75. Borrowing by the Commission 76. Financial policy of the Commission 77. Bank accounts 78. Application of moneys 79. Surplus revenue 80. Proper accounts to be kept 81. Estimates 82. Contracts 83. Exemption from taxation 84. Audit PART VII-OFFENCES 85. Letters not to be carried for reward 86. Forgery of stamps, &c. 87. Special paper for postage stamps 88. Fraudulently removing stamps 89. Retaining or secreting postal articles 90. Improperly obtaining postal articles 91. Wrongful delivery of postal articles 92. Stealing postal articles 93. Tampering with the mail 94. Obstructing conveyance of mail 95. Obstructing officers 96. Injury to property of Commission
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97. Offensive substances in postal boxes 98. Arrest without warrant 99. Delivery of mail from vessels and aircraft 100. Sending explosives through the post PART VIII-MISCELLANEOUS 101. Superannuation 102. Annual report 103. Further reports 104. Protections from actions 105. Offences-how dealt with 106. Reward for information as to damage to property 107. Unclaimed moneys 108. Postal articles deemed to be property of the Commission 109. Attachment of salaries 110. Contributions towards the provision of special services or facility 111. Payment of tolls, &c. 112. Grants of financial assistance 113. Consultative Council 114. Remission of charges 115. By-laws 116. Regulations POSTAL SERVICES ACT 1975 No. 54, 1975 - SECT. 1. Short title.
POSTAL SERVICES ACT 1975 No. 54 of 1975 An Act relating to the Provision of Postal Services within Australia and between Australia and Places outside Australia. BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:- PART I-PRELIMINARY 1. This Act may be cited as the Postal Services Act 1975.* POSTAL SERVICES ACT 1975 No. 54, 1975 - SECT. 2. Commencement.
2. (1) Part I, section 5, Part IV, Division 1 of Part V and sections 78 and 101 of this Act shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.* (2) The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation. POSTAL SERVICES ACT 1975 No. 54, 1975 - SECT. 3. Interpretation.
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;
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''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.