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Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989
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#### 102 Regulations
The Governor‑General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act;
and may, for example, make regulations:
(c) with respect to the arrangements for collecting duties of customs and other duties payable in relation to articles that are in the course of post (within the meaning of section 90E) or that have been carried by or through Australia Post; and
(d) with respect to dealing with articles that may contain goods on which duties of customs or other duties are payable; and
(da) prescribing Acts for the purposes of the following definitions in section 90E:
(i) consumer protection law;
(ii) State Fair Trading Act;
(iii) State Sale of Goods Act; and
(db) prescribing agencies for the purposes of the following definitions in section 90E:
(i) compliance agency;
(ii) consumer protection agency; and
(dc) prescribing States and Territories for the purposes of the definition of prescribed State/Territory in section 90E; and
(dd) prescribing a period for the purposes of the definition of decision period in subsection 90UB(6); and
(e) with respect to the making of deductions from amounts due to any of Australia Post’s employees on account of judgment debts; and
(g) with respect to the forfeiture, disposal or destruction of the following:
(i) articles that are in the course of post (within the meaning of section 90E) or that have been carried by or through Australia Post;
(ii) the contents of such articles; and
(h) prescribing fines not exceeding $1,000 for offences against the regulations.