Postal Services (General) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018

L.N. 146 of 2018

POSTAL SERVICES ACT

(CAP. 254)

Postal Services (General) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 81 of the

Postal Services Act, the Prime Minister after consultation with the

Malta Communications Authority, has made the following regulations

The title of these regulations is the Postal Services

(General) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018 and these regulations shall

be read and construed as one with the Postal Services (General)

Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

Regulation 15 of the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the following

(1) All locally addressed postal articles

shall include a postcode written immediately after

the town or village of the address

Provided that locally addressed postal

articles which do not include a postcode shall still be

delivered

Provided further that a postal operator

shall not incur any liability for compensation to any

person whether by reason of delay or of mis-delivery

of any postal article in the course of transmission

which is caused by a missing or erroneous postcode.

(2) The provisions of sub-regulation (1) shall

only apply once the Authority determines the

conditions to be adhered to by the universal service

provider in relation to the effective implementation

of the aforesaid sub-regulation, and the Authority

subsequently is satisfied that the universal service

provider is complying with all such conditions

Provided that the Authority may from

time to time vary such conditions.".

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