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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 authorised examiner may open the article and examine 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 section   90X, after an authorised examiner has opened and examined the article, he or she 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.



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