Postal Services Amendment Act

1. Section 16 of the Postal Services Act, 1998 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act): is hereby amended by- (a) the substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsection: “ ( 2 ) Subject to [subsections (3) and (5)] subsection (3), no application may be entertained to provide a reserved postal service unless such application is lodged pursuant to and in accordance with an invitation issued in the Gazette.”; Minister the by 5 10 (b) the substitution in subsection (4) for the words in paragraph ( a ) preceding subparagraph (i) of the following words: “A reserved postal service of the postal company contemplated in this section[, excluding a courier service in respect whereof the postal company must be licensed or registered separately,] may be provided 15 by a wholly-owned subsidiary of the postal company, without such subsidiary being required to hold a licence in terms of this Act, if-”: the deletion of subsection ( 5 ) ; and (c) (d) the substitution for respectively: subsections (9) and (10) of the following subsections, “(9) The licences contemplated in subsections (1) and ( 3 ) [and (511 must be granted on terms and conditions consistent with the objects of this Act to be determined by the Minister and stated in the licence. (10) [The] After a licence contemplated in subsection (1) or (3) has been issued. the Minister must make [contemplated in subsection (8)] applicable to such licence by notice in the Gazette.”. known the terms and .conditions 20 25 4 No. 26569 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14 KTLY 2004 Act No. 33,2003 POSTAL SERVICES AMENDMENT ACT, 2003 Amendment of section 22 of Act 124 of 1998

2. Section 22 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (d) of the following paragraph: “ ( d ) A person may not be registered to provide a courier service in terms of this section unless that ii) person to receive, collect and deliver items contemplated in iteln Schedule 2; [or] undertakes- 5 l(0) of - (ii) [to render any service contemplated in subparagraphs (ii) to (v) of section 16(5)(d),in respect of items contemplated in item l(b) of Schedule 21 to track and trace the‘whereabouts of any item received or 10 collected for delivery by such person’s business undertaking; (iii) to deliver items within a international borders; (iv) to deliver items within definite time, in the case of deliveries across the Republic at the latest by 13:OO on the first working day after receipt thereof: and to clear items through customs. where applicable.”. (v) Short title 3. ‘This Act is called the Postal Services Amendment L k t , 2003.