Posting Abroad of Letter-Post Items Regulations

C.R.C., c. 1288CANADA POST CORPORATION ACT
Regulations Respecting the Posting Abroad of Letter-Post ItemsShort Title

1 These Regulations may be cited as the Posting Abroad of Letter-Post Items Regulations.

Interpretation

[SOR/2000-199, s. 5(F)]
2 In these Regulations,

large quantities
large quantities, in respect of letter-post items, means more than 50 such items posted on any one day or more than 300 such items posted in any month by or on behalf of a person; (grandes quantités)
letter-post item
letter-post item has the same meaning as in the International Letter-post Items Regulations; (envoi de la poste aux lettres)
person
person means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership or incorporated entity. (personne)

SOR/79-889, s. 1;
SOR/81-390, s. 1;
SOR/82-38, s. 1;
SOR/83-620, s. 1;
SOR/86-244, s. 1;
SOR/90-795, s. 1;
SOR/2000-199, s. 6.

General

3 (1) Where letter-post items are posted in a country other than Canada to an addressee in Canada by or on behalf of a person resident in Canada and

(a) the letter-post items are posted in large quantities,
(b) the Corporation has reasonable grounds to believe that the sole purpose for posting the letter-post items in that other country is to profit from the lower postage rates that are in force in that country, or
(c) the letter-post items are printed papers containing a card, an envelope or a wrapper that is addressed for return to an address in Canada,

the Corporation shall

(d) return the letter-post items to the country of origin; or
(e) require that the sender of the letter-post items pay to the Corporation full postage calculated at the rate that would have been applicable if the letter-post items had been posted in Canada.

(2) For the purpose of calculating the postage referred to in paragraph (1)(e), the post office in Canada at which the letter-post items are received from the other country is deemed to be the post office of posting.
(3) Where a sender of letter-post items refuses to pay the postage required by the Corporation to be paid pursuant to paragraph (1)(e), the Corporation shall treat the letter-post items as undeliverable mail in accordance with the Undeliverable and Redirected Mail Regulations.

SOR/81-839, s. 1;
SOR/83-620, s. 2.

4. and 5 [Revoked, SOR/83-620, s. 2]