{"id":"F2011L00309","name":"Competition and Consumer Act 2010 - Price Notification for Australia Post's Reserved Letter Services","slug":"competition-and-consumer-act-2010-price-notification-for-australia-post-s-reserved-letter-services","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":85587,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2011L00309-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Competition and Consumer Act 2010 - Price Notification for Australia Post's Reserved Letter Services","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n \n\n![AustGovt_crest](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\n \n\nCommonwealth of Australia\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nCompetition and Consumer Act 2010\n\n \n\n \n\nPRICE NOTIFICATION FOR AUSTRALIA POST’S RESERVED LETTER SERVICES\n\n \n\nI, WAYNE SWAN, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer, pursuant to section 95X of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (‘the Act’), hereby declare:\n\n \n\n1. the provision of letter services reserved to Australia Post under Division 2 of Part 3 of the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989, and the carriage within Australia of registered publications, to be notified services for the purposes of the Act; and\n2. the Australian Postal Corporation to be, in relation to those services, a declared person for the purposes of the Act.\n\n\nThis declaration is to cease to have effect on and from 25 February 2016, unless revoked earlier.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nDated this    23 day of   February 2011.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nWayne Swan\n\nDeputy Prime Minister and Treasurer\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2708},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a focused, single-purpose ministerial declaration exercising specific powers under section 95X. It applies only to Australia Post's reserved letter services and registered publications, with a built-in expiry mechanism. The scope remains tightly confined to its original intent of price oversight for monopoly postal services."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-references Division 2 of Part 3 of the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989 to define 'reserved letter services'","Operates within the broader Part VIIA price notification framework of the Competition and Consumer Act","Uses technical statutory classifications ('notified services', 'declared person') that derive meaning from external legislative context"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration requires Australia Post to give the competition regulator (the ACCC) advance notice before raising prices on reserved letter delivery and registered publications. It uses competition-law powers to impose transparency and oversight over a legal postal monopoly, letting the ACCC review proposed increases for justification.  \n\nIt affects Australia Post (notification duty) and consumers and businesses (protection from sudden, unjustified postal price hikes)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/competition-and-consumer-act-2010-price-notification-for-australia-post-s-reserved-letter-services","history":"/api/acts/competition-and-consumer-act-2010-price-notification-for-australia-post-s-reserved-letter-services/history","analysis":"/api/acts/competition-and-consumer-act-2010-price-notification-for-australia-post-s-reserved-letter-services/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/competition-and-consumer-act-2010-price-notification-for-australia-post-s-reserved-letter-services/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/competition-and-consumer-act-2010-price-notification-for-australia-post-s-reserved-letter-services/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/competition-and-consumer-act-2010-price-notification-for-australia-post-s-reserved-letter-services/documents"}}