Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if:
(a) a batch of articles has been removed from the normal course of carriage under section 90UA; and
(b) a consumer protection agency has been notified of the removal.
(2) The consumer protection agency may:
(a) make arrangements with Australia Post for access to the batch of articles; and
(b) open and examine one or more articles within the batch.
(3) If no consumer protection agency opens and examines an article within a batch of articles within the decision period, Australia Post must return the batch to the normal course of carriage, following the procedures (if any) that are prescribed for the purposes of this section.
(4) Subsection (3) has effect subject to section 90X.
(5) In opening and examining articles under subsection (2), a consumer protection agency must comply with any law of the Commonwealth or of the State or Territory that applies to the consumer protection agency and that relates to the performance of functions or the exercise of powers by the consumer protection agency when dealing with the articles.
(6) In this section:
"decision period" means the period of 10 business days, or such longer period as is prescribed, starting on the last day on which a consumer protection agency is notified under section 90UA of the removal of the batch of articles from the normal course of carriage.