Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN POSTAL CORPORATION ACT 1989 No. 64 of 1989 - SECT 30

30. (1) The services reserved to Australia Post do not include:

   (a)  the carriage of a letter weighing more than 500 grams unless the
        letter consists of an envelope, packet, parcel, container or wrapper
        containing 2 or more separate letters;

   (b)  the carriage of a letter relating to goods that is sent and delivered
        with the goods;

   (c)  the carriage of newspapers, magazines, books, catalogues and leaflets;

   (d)  the carriage of a letter otherwise than for reward;

   (e)  the carriage of a letter within Australia for a charge or fee that is
        at least 10 times the then rate of postage for the carriage within
        Australia of a standard postal article by ordinary post;

   (f)  the carriage of a letter from a place in Australia to a place outside
        Australia for a charge or fee that is at least 10 times the then rate
        of postage for the carriage of a standard postal article weighing 20
        grams between those places by air;

   (g)  the carriage of a letter by the sender or an officer or employee of
        the sender;

   (h)  the carriage of a letter to or from:

        (i)    the nearest office of Australia Post; or

        (ii)   another office of Australia Post authorised by it;

   (j)  the carriage of a letter on behalf of Australia Post under an
        agreement with it;

   (k)  the carriage of a letter that, under the terms and conditions on which
        Australia Post supplies postal services, is not a postal article;

   (m)  the carriage of writs, warrants or other documents required or
        permitted to be served, given or sent under the practice and procedure
        of any court or tribunal;

   (n)  the carriage of a letter solely by any electromagnetic or other
        non-physical means;

   (p)  the carriage of letters by or on behalf of a foreign country under a
        convention; and

   (q)  any service that, under the regulations, is not reserved to Australia
        Post.

(2) A regulation made for the purposes of paragraph (1) (q) may not take
effect earlier than the day after the last day on which the regulation may be
disallowed under section 48 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.