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BOARD
1. The following provisions of the Principal Act are amended by omitting "Commission" (wherever occurring) and substituting "Corporation":
Sections 3 (1) (definition of "authorized person") and (2), 6, 7 (3) and (4), 9, 10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 (1), 17, 19 (5) and (6), 20 (1), 22 (1), 23 (2) and (4), 74 (2) and (3), 75, 75a (1), (2) and (8), 75b (1) and (2), 75c, 78, 79 (1) and (2), 83, 84 (1) and (4), 85, 86, 87, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95 (2), 96, 97, 99, 100 (2), 102 (1c) and (1d), 104, 105a, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 114a and 114b.
2. The following provisions of the Principal Act are amended by omitting "Commission" (wherever occurring) and substituting "Board":
Sections 18 (1), (4), (5) and (6), 19 (4) and (7), 74 (5), 102 (1a) and (1b) and 115 (1).
3. The Principal Act is further amended as follows:

SCHEDULE 1—continued

Subsection 3 (1) (definitions of "Chairman", "Chief General Manager", "Commission", "Commissioner", "Deputy Chairman", "Managing Director" and "part-time Commissioner"):
Omit the definitions.

Subsection 3 (1):
Insert the following definitions:
     "'Board' means the Board of Directors of the Corporation;
     'Chairperson' means the Chairperson of the Board;
     'Corporation' means the Australian Postal Corporation;
     'Deputy Chairperson' means the Deputy Chairperson of the Board;
     'director' means a director of the Board, and includes the Chairperson, the Deputy Chairperson and the Managing Director;
     'government director' means a director who was an officer of the Australian Public Service at the time of his or her appointment;
     'Managing Director' means the Managing Director of the Corporation;".

Subsection 7 (1):
Omit the subsection, substitute the following subsection:
"(1) The functions of the Corporation shall be performed in such a manner as will best meet the social, industrial and commercial needs of the Australian people for postal services, and its postal services shall, so far as it is, in the opinion of the Board, reasonably practicable to do so, be made available throughout Australia for all people who reasonably require those services.".

Subsection 7 (2):
Omit "In performing its functions in accordance with subsection (1), the Commission—", substitute "In the performance of the Corporation's functions in accordance with subsection (1):".

Paragraph 7 (2) (a):
Omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph:
     "(a) directions given to the Board under section 26 shall be complied with; and".

Paragraph 7 (2) (b):
Omit "shall have regard to—", substitute "regard shall be had to:".

Subparagraphs 7 (2) (b) (i) and (ii):
Omit "its", substitute "the Corporation's".

Section 8:
Repeal the section.

After section 12:
Insert the following section in Part II:

SCHEDULE 1—continued

Seal of Corporation
"12a. (1) The