Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to any express provision of this or any other Act, the terms and conditions of a service supplied by Australia Post for a person are:
(a) so far as Australia Post and the person agree on terms and conditions for the supply of the service--the agreed terms and conditions; and
(b) so far as Australia Post and the person do not agree on terms and conditions--the terms and conditions determined by the Board that are applicable to the supply of the service.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the terms and conditions determined by the Board may make provision with respect to:
(a) the kinds of articles that may be carried by post and the means by which different kinds of articles may be carried; and
(b) the carriage of letters and other postal articles; and
(c) rates of postage; and
(d) the payment of postage, including the issue and sale of postage stamps, the pre - stamping of postal articles and the use of franking machines; and
(e) the carriage of letters to or from an office of Australia Post; and
(f) undelivered letters and other articles (including the forfeiture and destruction of such articles).
(3) The Board shall ensure that copies of a determination made by it under this section are made available for inspection and purchase at all offices of Australia Post as soon as practicable after it is made.
(4) A contravention of subsection (3) in relation to a determination does not affect the validity of the determination.
(5) This section has effect subject to section 33 of this Act and to Part VIIA of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 .