Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN POSTAL CORPORATION ACT 1989 No. 64 of 1989 - SECT 27

27. (1) Australia Post shall supply a letter service.

(2) The letter service shall be for carrying by physical means (both within
Australia and between Australia and places outside Australia) principally
letters that Australia Post has the exclusive right to carry.

(3) Australia Post shall make the letter service available at a single uniform
rate of postage for the carriage within Australia, by ordinary post, of
letters that are standard postal articles.

(4) Australia Post shall ensure:

   (a)  that, in view of the social importance of the letter service, the
        service is reasonably accessible to all people in Australia on an
        equitable basis, wherever they reside or carry on business; and

   (b)  that the performance standards (including delivery times) for the
        letter service reasonably meet the social, industrial and commercial
        needs of the Australian community.

(5) In this section:

"Australia" does not include an external Territory to which this Act extends.