Australian Postal Corporation and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 (61 of 2024)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989

86   Application and saving provisions

(1) Paragraph 43(1)(o) of the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to a reporting period beginning before that commencement.

(2) The amendments of section 90G of the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989 made by this Schedule apply in relation to information or a document acquired or received on or after the commencement of this item.

(3) The amendments of sections 90H, 90LB and 90LC of the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989, the repeal of sections 90J, 90K and 90LCA of that Act and the substitution of sections 90J to 90JH of that Act made by this Schedule apply in relation to the use or disclosure of information or a document on or after the commencement of this item.

(4) The amendment of paragraph 90L(a) of the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989 made by this Schedule applies in relation to a consent given on or after the commencement of this item.

(5) The amendments of section 90LA of the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989 made by this Schedule apply in relation to information or a document acquired or received on or after the commencement of this item.

(6) The amendment of section 90LD of the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989 made by this Schedule applies in relation to information or a document acquired or received by an employee of Australia Post on or after the commencement of this item.

(7) The amendments of section 90LF of the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989 made by this Schedule apply in relation to an original disclosure (within the meaning of subsection 90LF(1) of that Act) occurring on or after the commencement of this item.

(8) The amendments of sections 90M, 90P, 90Q, 90R, 90S and 90U of the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989 made by this Schedule apply on and after the commencement of this item in relation to the following:

(a) an article that commences to be in the course of post on or after that commencement;

(b) an article that is in the course of post immediately before that commencement.

(9) Section 90N of the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989, as substituted by this Schedule, applies in relation to the opening of an article, or the examination of an article or its contents, on or after the commencement of this item.

(10) Section 90N of the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to the opening of an article, or the examination of an article's contents, before that commencement.

(11) Section 90T of the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to an article that commenced to be in the course of post before that commencement.

(12) The amendments of section 90V of the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989 made by this Schedule apply in relation to an article opened on or after the commencement of this item.

(13) Subsection 90V(2A) of the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to an article opened under section 90T of that Act by a customs officer before, on or after that commencement.

(14) The amendments of section 90Y of the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989, and the repeal and substitution of section 90Z of that Act, made by this Schedule apply on and after the commencement of this item in relation to the following:

(a) an article that commences to be in the course of post on or after that commencement;

(b) an article that is in the course of post immediately before that commencement.

(15) Section 90ZC of the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to a customs officer's exercise or performance, or purported exercise or performance, of a power or duty under section 90T of that Act before, on or after that commencement.