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

Schedules

1. Reserved Postal Services

 

1) The reserved postal services include--
a) all letters, postcards, printed matter, small parcels and other postal articles subject to the mass or size limitations set out in item 3;
b) issuing of postage stamps; and
c) the provision of roadside collection and address boxes.

 

2) For purposes of this Schedule, a letter means any form of written communication or other document, article or object that is directed to a specific person or persons or specific address and is to be conveyed other than by electronic means and includes a parcel, package or wrapper containing any such communication or article conforming to the mass or size limitations set out in item 3.

 

3) The reserved postal services include all items described in items 1(a) and 2 of a mass up to and including one kilogram or size which enables it to fit into a rectangular box with the following dimensions:

length 458 mm

width 324 mm

thickness 100 mm

Cylinders having a maximum length of 458 mm and 100 mm thickness or a mass of up to one kilogram are regarded as letters.

 

4) The following exemptions from letter mail apply and are not subject to licensing in terms of this Act:
a) Delivery by an employee of the sender exclusively for the private affairs of the sender;
b) unaddressed mail;
c) the exchange or service of legal process, proceedings, pleadings, affidavits or depositions;
d) [deleted by the Postal Services Amendment Act, 2001];
e) occasional letters delivered by an individual not in the business of delivering letters;
f) trade announcements, circulars, printed extracts from newspapers, or advertisements which are not addressed to any person;
g) newspapers and periodicals.