Section 87: Prohibition on misleading descriptions
133.Section 87 contains criminal offences intended to prohibit a person unless he has the authority of the universal service provider concerned from:
maintaining a letter box or post office and placing on them marks, words or letters with the purpose of deceiving members of the public into believing that a post box or post office is operated by a universal service provider;
using words, letters or marks which signify or imply that a ship, vehicle, aircraft or premises are used by a universal service provider to collect, receive, sort, deliver or convey postal packets in connection with the provision of a universal postal service; or
using words, letters or marks which imply that that person is authorised by a universal service provider to collect, receive, sort, deliver or convey packets in connection with the provision of a universal postal service.
134.A person also commits an offence by failing, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a notice given to him by the universal service provider to remove the words etc, or remove/close up the letter box. This section replaces section 64 of the Post Office Act 1953.
