Postal services amendment act 1990 (NZ)
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New Zealand
Postal Services Amendment Act 1990
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Postal Services Amendment Act 1990 129
Commenced: 7 Sep 1990
An Act to amend the Postal Services Act 1987
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:
1. Short Title— This Act may be cited as the Postal Services
Amendment Act 1990, and shall be read together with and deemed part of
the Postal Services Act 1987 (hereinafter referred to as the principal
Act).
2. Restriction on carriage of letters—(1) Section 3 (2) of the
principal Act is hereby amended by repealing paragraph (c), and
substituting the following paragraph:
(c) Letters delivered by a person engaged by the sender especially
for the purpose, not being a person in the business of
delivering or procuring the delivery of letters:''.
(2) Section 3 (2) (d) of the principal Act is hereby amended by
omitting the expression 500 grams'', and substituting the expression
200 grams''.
(3) Section 3 (2) of the principal Act is hereby further amended by
repealing paragraph (i), and substituting the following paragraphs:
(i) Letters of 200 grams or less in weight carried at any time in
the period commencing on the date on which the Postal Services
Amendment Act 1990 comes into force and ending with the 30th
day of November 1990 if a charge of $1.25 or more per letter is
made in respect of the carriage, taking charge, or sending of
each letter:
(ia) Letters of 200 grams or less in weight carried at any time in
the period commencing on the 1st day of December 1990 and
ending with the 30th day of November 1991 if a charge of $1 or
more per letter is made in respect of the carriage, taking
charge, or sending of each letter:
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(ib) Letters of 200 grams or less in weight carried at any time on
or after the 1st day of December 1991 if a charge of 80 cents
or more per letter is made in respect of the carriage, taking
charge, or sending of each letter:''.
(4) Section 3 (2) of the principal Act is hereby further amended by
repealing paragraph (k), and substituting the following paragraphs:
(k) Letters carried to the premises of a provider of electronic mail
services for the purposes of being transmitted as electronic
mail:
(l) Letters carried from the premises of a provider of electronic
mail services where the contents of such letters have been
carried and transmitted in accordance with paragraph (k) of
this subsection:
(m) Letters addressed to a person or persons outside New Zealand.''
3. New sections inserted in relation to furnishing of
information—The principal Act is hereby amended by adding the
following sections:
18. Information to be furnished in annual report—(1) For the
purposes of this section,—
Agency post office' means an outlet that is owned and operated
by a person other than the Corporation and that offers postal
and other services pursuant to an agreement with the
Corporation:
Official post office' means an outlet that is staffed by
Corporation personnel and that offers postal and other services:
Postal delivery centre' means an outlet which is owned and
operated by a person other than the Corporation and which offers
such services as purchase of stamps, postage of parcels and
letters, and mail collection over the counter or by private box,
pursuant to an agreement with the Corporation.
(2) The Corporation shall, in respect of each financial year,
include in the report that it delivers, pursuant to section 15 (1) (a)
of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986, the following information:
(a) The number of delivery points in New Zealand receiving letters;
and
(b) The frequency of deliveries; and
(c) The dimensions of the post office network, including—
(i) The number of official post offices; and
(ii) The number of agency post offices; and
(iii) The number of postal delivery centres; and
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(d) Price changes for services subject in whole or in part to
statutory protection in nominal and real terms; and
(e) The results of an independent survey, commissioned by the
Corporation, on—
(i) The percentage of letters delivered within advertised
deadlines; and
(ii) The percentage of letters delivered within 3 days of
advertised deadlines; and
(iii) The percentage of letters not delivered within 3 days
of advertised deadlines; and
(f) Separate profit and loss accounts, including a statement of the
accounting policies adopted, for—
(i) The service that, at the commencement of this section,
is known as the basic letter post and attracts a standard fee
of 40c; and
(ii) Other services subject in whole or in part to
statutory protection; and
(iii) All other services provided by the Corporation or any
subsidiary (within the meaning of section 158 of the Companies
Act 1955) of the Corporation,—
together with a statement derived from the financial statements
of the Corporation and any subsidiary of the Corporation
providing any of the services referred to in subparagraphs (i),
(ii) or (iii) of this paragraph disclosing the basis on which
charges for the use of assets have been attributed to each of
the 3 service categories referred to in this paragraph, which
statement and profit and loss accounts shall be audited by the
auditor (pursuant to section 19 of the State-Owned Enterprises
Act 1986) who shall state whether or not, in the auditor's
opinion, the statement and the profit and loss accounts
represent a fair and reasonable allocation of costs and
revenues to each of the 3 service categories referred to in
this paragraph; and
(g) Volumes of letters for—
(i) The service that, at the commencement of this section,
is known as the basic letter post and attracts a standard fee
of 40c; and
(ii) The service that, at the commencement of this section,
is known as Fast Post and attracts a minimum standard fee of
80c, while any part of that service remains subject to
statutory protection.
19. Information to Secretary of Commerce—The Corporation shall
provide to the Secretary of Commerce such statements, reports,
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agreements, accounts, or any other information required by the Secretary
of Commerce for the purposes of—
(a) Monitoring the efficiency and quality of service provided by the
Corporation; and
(b) Monitoring the Corporation's compliance with any agreement
entered into between the Crown and the Corporation in relation
to prices, frequency, and quality of services.
20. Addresses to be provided—The Corporation shall, where
practicable, make available publicly the address of any rural delivery
boxholder:
Provided that any rural delivery boxholder may direct that the
Corporation protect the confidentiality of his or her address and not
release this information in any circumstances.''
