Postal Services (Designation of Universal Service Provider)

L.N. 409 of 2012

POSTAL SERVICES ACT

(CAP. 254)

Postal Services (Designation of Universal Service Provider)

Order, 2012

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 81 of the Postal

Services Act, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and

Communications, after consultation with the Malta Communications

Authority, has made the following order:-

The title of this order is the Postal Services (Designation of Citation.

Universal Service Provider) Order, 2012.

(1)

Unless the context otherwise requires the Designation of

provisions of article 2 of the Postal Services Act shall apply to this Service

Provider.

Order.

(2) MaltaPost Plc is hereby designated as the universal service

provider with an obligation to provide the following universal

services

(a)

every working day at least one delivery to each

postal address or other delivery point and at least one collection

from each current access point or as may be agreed to with the

Authority from time to time

Provided that the delivery and collection shall apply to all

postal articles which weigh up to 20 kilograms;

(b)

services for registered postal articles;

(c)

services for insured postal articles within Malta

and to and from all countries which, as signatories to the

Convention of the Universal Postal Union, declare their

willingness to admit such articles whether reciprocally or in one

direction only;

(d)

the collection and onward transmission of postal

articles for destinations outside of Malta and the receipt and

delivery of postal articles originating outside of Malta for

addresses within Malta;

(e)

services for the blind or partially sighted persons as

shall be agreed from time to time with the Authority;

(f)

a basic counter service throughout Malta; and

(g)

the postal services indicated in regulation 23 of the

Postal Services (General) Regulations

Provided that MaltaPost Plc in providing these universal

services shall act in accordance with the obligations imposed on it by

or under the Act and any decision, any directive, or any authorisation

issued by the Authority.

The Postal Services (Designation of Universal Service

Provider) Order, 2004, is hereby being revoked.

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