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Postal Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 124 of 1998)

Regulations

Price Cap Amendment Regulations for Reserved Postal Services, 2021

9. Fees and Charges Application

 

(1) Reserved services are to be classified into the following product/service segments:

 

(a) Domestic Mail Pre-sorted up to 1 kg includes both incoming and outgoing reserved mail that is received through national retail and collection points and delivered through the national postal network to public, private and commercial residents of South Africa.
(b) International Unsorted Mail up to 1 kg includes both incoming and outgoing mail that is inducted through the international Universal Postal Union governed postal stream as well as terminal duties paid/received by the Licensed Operator.
(c) International Pre-sorted Mail includes international outgoing mail (that is inducted through the international Universal Postal Union governed postal system as we as terminal dues paid/received by the Licensed Operator) and has had a portion of its work content completed by the customer or a mail house on the customers' behalf
(d) International Unsorted Mail includes international outgoing mail (that is inducted through the international Universal Postal Union governed postal system as well as terminal dues paid/received by the Licensed Operator) and has had a portion of its work content completed by the customer or a mail house on the customer's behalf.
(e) Small Parcels up to 1 kg includes both incoming and outgoing reserved parcels that are received through national retail and collection points and delivered through the national postal network to public, private and commercial residents of South Africa.
(f) Philatelic Sales are postage stamps that collectors purchase for their own sake.

 

(2) Other Reserved Service includes those services not listed above but which are specifically identified as reserved items in the Act and/or the License.

 

(3) The following table is an illustrative format for the Revenue Change in reserved postal services.

 

N1095 9(3) Table