Postal Services Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Exclusive Privilege and Licensing Etc. of Postal Services
8. Power to license conveyance of postal articles etc.
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Authority may, with the approval of or in accordance with the terms of any general authority given by the Minister, grant a postal licence to any person or class of persons authorising the person or class of persons to do anything —
Authority
“Authority” means the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam established by section 3 of the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam Order, 2001;
which would otherwise contravene section 6; and
which is specified in the postal licence, and any such postal licence may be granted subject to such conditions as the
Authority thinks fit.
A postal licence may be granted either to any person or class of persons and may include (without prejudice to the power to impose conditions conferred by subsection (1)) conditions requiring the licensee —
postal licence
“postal licence” means a postal licence granted under section 8(1);
to enter into agreements or arrangements with any person, class of persons or another postal licensee for —
the interconnection of, and access to, postal systems;
the sharing of installation or plant used for posts belonging to any postal licensee; and
such other purpose as may be specified in the postal licence, on such conditions as may be agreed to by the licensee and such other persons or licensees or, in default of agreement, as may be determined by the Authority;
to pay to the Authority a fee on the grant of the postal licence or to pay to the Authority periodic fees during the currency of the postal licence or both, of such amount as may be determined by or under the postal licence;
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to comply with any direction given by the Authority as to such matters as are specified in the postal licence or are of a description so specified;
to comply with codes of practice and standards of performance that are applicable to the licensee; and
to do or not to do such things as are specified in the postal licence or are of a description so specified.
Any payment required by subsection (2) to be rendered to the
Authority may be recovered by it in any court of competent jurisdiction as if it were a simple contract debt.
No person shall question whether the grant of a postal licence under subsection (1) was, or was not, effected with the consent of or in accordance with the terms of a general authority given by the Minister, and the validity of a postal licence granted under that subsection shall not be impugned on the ground that it was granted neither with the approval of nor in accordance with the terms of a general authority given by the Minister.
The grant of postal licences under this section shall be at the discretion of the Authority.
Anything done under and in accordance with a postal licence granted under subsection (1) shall not constitute an infringement of the privilege conferred by section 6.
Terms defined in s 2
Authority
Defined · s 2“Authority” means the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam established by section 3 of the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam Order, 2001;
installation or plant used for posts
Defined · s 2“installation or plant used for posts” includes all buildings, lands, structures, machinery, equipment, boxes and receptacles used or intended for use in connection with the transmission of postal articles by post;
postal licence
Defined · s 2“postal licence” means a postal licence granted under section 8(1);
postal licensee
Defined · s 2“postal licensee” means a person to whom a postal licence has been granted under section 8;
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