Postal Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 124 of 1998)Chapter III : Regulation of Postal Services22. Operators regarded as having been registered |
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| a) | Any person who, immediately before the date of commencement of this section provided a postal service in respect of items contemplated in Schedule 2, including a courier service, must be regarded as being registered to provide an unreserved postal service or an unreserved courier service, as the case may be, subject to paragraph (b). |
| b) | A person may not be regarded as being registered in terms of paragraph (a) if that person has failed to apply for registration to the Regulator within 90 days after the date of commencement of this section or within such extended period as the Regulator may allow. |
| c) | After receipt of an application in terms of paragraph (b) the Regulator must, subject to paragraph (d), register the applicant and issue a registration certificate. |
| d) | A person may not be registered to provide a courier service in terms of this section unless that person undertakes-- |
| i) | to receive, collect and deliver items contemplated in item 1(b) of Schedule 2; |
| ii) | to render any service contemplated in subparagraphs (ii) to (v) of section 16(5)(d), in respect of items contemplated in item 1(b) of Schedule 2. |