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Postal Services Act 1999 s 39J

s 39J Offence to place prohibited item in public parcel locker

39J.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who places, or causes to be placed, a prohibited item in a public parcel locker shall be guilty of an offence.[10/2021] (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, at the time the person places any thing in a public parcel locker or causes any thing to be placed in a public parcel locker, does not know, and has no reason to believe, that the thing is or contains a prohibited item.[10/2021] (3) In this section, “prohibited item” means —(a) any parcel which contains any indecent or obscene article, or bears any word, mark or design of an indecent or obscene or a scurrilous, threatening or grossly offensive character; (b) any article or thing which is likely to damage any public parcel locker or any parcel placed in a public parcel locker, or injure any person using a public parcel locker; (c) except as otherwise provided by any regulations made under this Act —(i) any explosive, inflammable, dangerous, filthy, noxious or deleterious substance; (ii) any sharp instrument which is not properly protected; or (iii) any living creature which is noxious or likely to damage any public parcel locker or any parcel placed in a public parcel locker, or injure any person using a public parcel locker; or (d) any other parcel or class of parcel prescribed.[10/2021]

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