Australia Post Terms & Conditions

57 Articles posted abroad in a country where sender does not reside
57.1 Where, during any period of 30 days, a person lodges outside Australia more than 300
articles in a place other than the country in which the person resides, for carriage to
Australia, those articles shall be delivered by Australia Post to addressees if the postal
administration of the country in which the articles were lodged has an arrangement to
reimburse Australia Post for the cost of delivery of the articles.
57.2 Where there is no agreement with the postal administration of the country in which
the articles in clause 57.1 have been lodged, then those articles shall either:
57.2.1 be returned by Australia Post by surface mail to the postal administration of
the country of lodgment; or
57.2.2 upon payment to Australia Post by the person lodging the articles of a sum
equivalent to the domestic postage due on the articles had they been lodged
for post in Australia, the articles shall be delivered in Australia to addressees.
If such payment is not made within 14 days of demand, then instead of
returning the articles under 57.2.1, the articles may be destroyed by Australia
Post.
57.3 For the purposes of clause 57.1:
57.3.1 "person" includes any body capable of suing or being sued in its own right;
57.3.2 an incorporated body shall be deemed to be resident in the country of its
incorporation;
57.3.3 a person shall be deemed to have lodged an article if he causes it to be
lodged or the article is lodged on his behalf;
57.3.4 a person shall be deemed to have lodged an article other than in the country
in which the person resides, if:
(i)
(ii)
the article has any return address (other than an Australian address)
printed on it which is located outside the country of lodgment; or
the article includes information which enables the recipient to respond to
a person by any means of communication at an address (other than an
Australian address) outside the country of lodgment;
57.3.5 an article shall be deemed to have been lodged in the country which has:
(i)
(ii)
issued the postage stamp affixed to the article; or
authorised the use of postage prepayment impressions in respect of the
article; and
57.3.6 mail transhipped between postal administrations for onforwarding to another
postal administration in accordance with the Universal Postal Union
Convention, shall not be regarded as having been lodged in the country of
transhipment.
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