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When postage need not be pre-paid
7. Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
"(4) Nothing in this section prevents the Commission from—
     (a) making arrangements with a person under which the fee in respect of the transmission of postal articles by the courier service or by an electronic mail service need not be pre-paid; or
     (b) transmitting and delivering by the courier service or by an electronic mail service postal articles the fee for the transmission of which has not been paid.".

Special charges
8. Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by omitting from sub-section (1) "of postage";
     (b) by omitting from sub-section (2) "provide for postage" and substituting "provide for charges";
     (c) by omitting from sub-section (2) "of postage";
     (d) by inserting in sub-section (3) ", lodging or handing over" after "posting" (twice occurring); and
     (e) by omitting from sub-section (3) "of postage".

Meetings of the Commission
9. Section 34 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:
"(10) Where a majority of the Commissioners sign a document containing a statement that they are in favour of a resolution in terms set out in the document, a resolution in those terms shall be deemed to have been passed at a duly constituted meeting of the Commission held on the day on which the document was signed, or, if the Commissioners sign the document on different days, on the day on which the document was last signed by a Commissioner.
"(11) For the purposes of sub-section (10), 2 or more separate documents containing statements in identical terms each of which is signed by one or more Commissioners shall together be deemed to constitute one document containing a statement in those terms signed by those Commissioners on the respective days on which they signed the separate documents.".

Tenure of office
10. Section 57 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) "60 years" and substituting "55 years".

Letters not to be carried for reward
11. Section 85 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after paragraph (2) (a) the following paragraphs:
      "(aa) the carriage or conveyance of a letter within Australia where the consideration payable for that carriage or conveyance is an amount that is not less than 10 times the highest postage applicable, at the time of that carriage or conveyance, under paragraph 18 (1) (a) for the transmission of a letter within Australia by post;
      (ab) the carriage or conveyance of a letter from Australia to another country where the consideration payable for that carriage or conveyance is an amount that is not less