Post Office Amendment Act 2009
POST OFFICE AMENDMENT ACT 2009
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BERMUDA
2009 : 2
POST OFFICE AMENDMENT ACT 2009
[Date of assent: 23 February 2009]
[Operative Date: 23 February 2009]
WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Post Office Act 1900 to
improve the efficiency of postal delivery:
Be it enacted by The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate and the House of Assembly of
Bermuda, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Short title
1 This Act, which amends the Post Office Act 1900 (the “principal
Act”), may be cited as the Post Office Amendment Act 2009.
Amends section 2
2 Section 2 of the principal Act is amended by inserting,
immediately after the definition of “postal packet”, the following
definitions—
“ “post office box” means a numbered lockable post box provided
to a person by a post office, for which the person pays rent in
accordance with Post Office Regulations, and to which postal
packets addressed to that post box address are delivered by
mail;
“private post box” means a post box at a person’s street address,
to which postal packets addressed to that street address are
delivered by mail;”.
POST OFFICE AMENDMENT ACT 2009
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Inserts section 18A
3 The principal Act is amended by, immediately after section 18,
inserting the following section—
“Regulations; private post boxes
18A (1) Post Office Regulations may prescribe—
(a) the location, on any land or in any building, of a
private post box;
(b) the design of a private post box;
(c) requirements that are to be met for the delivery of
postal packets to a private post box; and
(d) circumstances or conditions under which postal
packets will not be delivered to a private post box.
(2) Regulations under subsection (1) may make different
provision in respect of different categories of land or building.”.
Amends section 24
4 The principal Act is amended in section 24—
(a) by renumbering the section as subsection (1); and
(b) immediately after the renumbered subsection,
inserting the following subsection—
“(2) Any duty, under this Act, of an officer of
the Post Office to deliver a postal packet to its
addressee shall be discharged, even if it is not in
fact delivered to the addressee—
(a) when it is delivered to the post office
box address or street address to
which the sender has addressed it;
or
(b) when it is delivered to the address to
which it is redirected, if it is
redirected pursuant to Post Office
Regulations.”.
Inserts section 25A
5 The principal Act is amended by, immediately after section 25,
inserting the following section—
“Regulations; opening, return and disposal of postal packets
25A Post Office Regulations may prescribe the manner and
circumstances in which postal packets may be opened, returned
to sender or disposed of.”.
