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AUSTRALIAN POSTAL CORPORATION ACT 1989 - SECT 90Q

Undeliverable articles

  (1)   This section applies to the article if it:

  (a)   cannot be delivered to the intended recipient because it is not addressed, or it is inadequately or incorrectly addressed; and

  (b)   cannot be returned to the sender because it does not bear the sender's address, or because the sender's address is not shown, or is inadequately or incorrectly shown.

  (2)   An employee of Australia Post may open the article and an employee of Australia Post may examine the article or its contents for the purpose of obtaining sufficient information to:

  (a)   deliver the article to the intended recipient; or

  (b)   return the article to the sender.

  (3)   Subject to subsection   (4) and section   90X, after the examination referred to in subsection   (2) of this section, an employee of Australia Post must:

  (a)   if sufficient information is found to deliver the article to the intended recipient--close up the article and return it to the normal course of carriage; or

  (b)   if paragraph   (a) does not apply but sufficient information is found to return the article to the sender--close up the article and return it to the sender; or

  (c)   otherwise--deal with the article in accordance with the applicable provisions of the terms and conditions determined under section   32.

  (4)   Subject to section   90X, if the article is found to consist of or contain any thing covered by paragraph   90S(1)(b), or any quarantine material, then subsection   90S(5) or 90U(7), as the case requires, applies in relation to the article and its contents.



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