Australian Postal Corporation (Performance Standards) Regulations 1998 (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1998No. 183 1

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Australian Postal Corporation (Performance Standards) Regulations 19982(Amendment)

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989.

Dated 30 June 1998.

 WILLIAM DEANE

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

richard alston

Minister for Communications, the Information Economy

and the Arts

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1.   Commencement

1.1   These Regulations commence on 1 July 1998.

2.   Amendment

2.1   The Australian Postal Corporation (Performance Standards) Regulations 1998 are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3.   Regulation 2 (Commencement)

Note   The following Note is inserted after regulation 2:

“Note    It is the intention of the Commonwealth Government that these Regulations be reviewed before 1 July 2001.”.

4.   Regulation 9 (Retail outlets)

4.1   Subregulation 9 (2):

Omit the subregulation, substitute:

 “(2) At any time, there must be located in places that, within the meaning of the areas classification report, are in a rural or remote zone, at least 50% of all retail outlets in operation, and, in any event, not fewer than 2,500 retail outlets.”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 June 1998.

2. Statutory Rules 1998 No. 99.