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POSTAL SERVICES ACT (CAP. 254)Postal Services (General) (Amendment) Regulations, 2009
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 7, 31, 32,
57 and 81 of the Postal Services Act, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Communications, after consultation with the Malta
Communications Authority, has made the following regulations:
Title.
L.N. 328 of 2005
.
Amends regulation
2 of the principal regulations.
1. (1) The title of these regulations is the Postal Services (General) (Amendment) Regulations, 2009 and they shall be read and construed as one with the Postal Services (General) Regulations,2005, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.
(2) These regulations shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st January 2009.
“ “postal identifier” means any postage stamp, postmark or impression that is unique to each postal operator and which satisfies
the following:
(a) it is affixed to, or impressed on, or printed on postal articles;
and
(b) it exclusively identifies the postal operator;
(c) it clearly indicates to members of the public that those postal articles have been, or are intended to be, accepted by that
postal operator for the purpose of being conveyed by post;
“postmark” means any mark or impression applied by a postal operator to a postal article for any postal purpose;”.
Amends regulation
43 of the principal regulations.
3. In regulation 43(1)(b) of the principal regulations, for the words “in conflict with the Act or with the licence or authorisation conditions:” there shall be substituted the words “in conflict with theVERŻJONI ELETTRONIKAAct, the licence or authorisation conditions, or with any decision or directive issued by the Authority:”
4. In the proviso after regulation 53(2) of the principal regulations, for the words “aforementioned charge.” there shall be substituted the words “aforementioned charge:” and immediately thereafter there shall be added the following new proviso:“Provided further that the provisions of this regulation shall not apply to any such instances as may be established at law or by the Authority as may require the universal service provider to deliver postal articles free of charge or at a reduced rate of postage to a designated addressee.”.
5. Immediately after regulation 62 of the principal regulations, there shall be added the following new part:“Part VII
Postal IdentifierB 383
Amends regulation
53 of the principal regulations.
Addition of new Part
VII
to the principal regulations.
Obligation to affix etc on a postal article the postal identifier.
62A. (1) A postal operator shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable on accepting a postal article for conveyance by post and
prior to conveying the postal article, affix to, impress or print on, that postal article its postal identifier:
Provided that this requirement shall not apply if the postal identifier of the conveying postal operator is already affixed to, impressed
or printed on the postal article.
(2) A postal operator who provides postal services which fall within the scope of the universal service shall ensure that a
postal article carried by him is marked with a postmark which also indicates the date when it was delivered into the care of the
said postal operator.” .
Renumbering of Parts
VII and
VIII of the principal regulations.
B 384 VERŻJONI ELETTRONIKA
Amends the Schedule to the principal regulations
7. Paragraph c) of the Schedule to the principal regulations shall be amended as follows:(a) for the words “€ 930” there shall be substituted the words “ €150”; and
(b) immediately after paragraph (c) thereof, there shall be added the following new proviso:
“Provided that an operator who demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Authority that its annual gross revenue does not exceed €
24,300 shall be exempt from the payment of any such fees.”.
Ippubblikat mid-Dipartiment tal-Informazzjoni (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta — Published by the Department of Information (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta
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