Definitions and interpretation

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In this Act —

means the person to whom any postal package is addressed;

means the Convention and detailed Regulations and Parcel Post Agreement made by the Congress of the Universal Postal Union at Lausanne in 1974, as amended;

has the meaning ascribed to it in the Customs and Border Control Act (2024 Revision);

means any facsimile, imitation or representation of any postage stamp issued without the authority of a postal administration;

has reference to postal packages posted within the Islands for delivery within the Islands:

includes every form of conveyance in which postal packages are carried as well as any person carrying such packages;

includes every form of container in which postal packages are carried in the course of transmission by the Post Office whether or not it contains such packages;

in relation to a vessel, means the person having or taking command or charge of such vessel;

includes a postal order;

means a person appointed under section 6 to be an officer of the Post Office;

means any package being conveyed or intended to be conveyed by prescribed parcel post;

means the department of the Government established under section 3 and includes any building, room or place where the business of the Post Office is conducted;

means the duty chargeable for the transmission of postal packages;

includes the Post Office and any other establishment performing equivalent or similar services outside the Islands;

means a mechanical device, approved by the Postmaster General, whereby advance payments of post office revenue may be recorded and thereafter be recoverable piecemeal by the franking for postage purposes of packages or documents at the convenience of the person having custody of it;

includes every kind of article being or intended to be lawfully transmitted by mail through the Post Office;

includes every receptacle provided by or under the authority of the Postmaster General for receiving postal packages for transmission by the Post office;

means the officer appointed by the Cabinet under section 4 to have charge of the Post Office, and includes any officer acting under that Postmaster General's authority;

mean a receptacle provided exclusively for the reception or delivery of postal packages on behalf of the renter of such bag or box;

means any thing or device capable of being used for conveyance of postal packages from one place to another; and

includes flight and journey.

A postal package is deemed to be in the course of transmission by post from the time of its being delivered to any postal administration or to any officer receiving it in the course of that officer's duty under this Act; and the delivery of a postal package at the premises to which it is addressed or readdressed, or to the addressee's servant or agent or to some other person reasonably believed by the person making delivery to be authorised to receive it, or into a private bag or box to which it is addressed, is deemed to be delivery to the addressee.

Defined Terms

addresseeConventionCustomsfictitious postage stampinland postmailmail bagmastermoney orderofficerparcelPost Officepostagepostal administrationpost office franking machinepostal packagepost-boxPostmaster Generalprivate bagprivate boxvesselvoyage

Cross References

Section of Customs And Border Control Act
Customs and Border Control Act (2024 Revision) - definition of Customs
Section of Trade And Business Licensing Actexternal
Trade and Business Licensing Act (2021 Revision) - stamp vendor requirements

Postal Act

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