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Postal Services Act 2000

Section 85: Prohibition on sending certain articles by post

130.Section 85 sets out criminal offences of sending postal packets by post which either contain:

  • articles, creatures or anything likely to injure other postal packets in the course of transmission by post or postal workers. This does not apply where the postal operator has given general or specific permission for anything to be enclosed in a postal packet; or

  • indecent or obscene material. It is also an offence if such material is on the packet or cover of the packet.

131.The offences apply to postal packets handled by any postal operator. The section replaces section 11 of the Post Office Act 1953.

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