EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULE 1982 NO. 230
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS
The Postal Services Regulations at present provide that it is an offence to send through the Post unsolicited material that “advised, notifies or advertises” matter which is indecent, obscene or offensive. There is, however, no Regulation at present which forbids the sending of unsolicited indecent, obscene or offensive material per se through the Post.
This Statutory Rule remedies this omission by creating such an offence.