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Postal Services Act (Cap. 254) Postal Services (General) (Amendment) Regulations, 2009 (Ln 28 Of 2009 )

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.

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.

Act, the licence or authorisation conditions, or with any decision or directive issued by the Authority:”

“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.”.

“Part VII

B 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

(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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