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(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 than 10 times the highest postage applicable, at the time of that carriage or conveyance, under section 18 for the carriage or conveyance by air mail service of a letter of 20 grams in weight from Australia to that other country;".

Fraudulently removing stamps
12. Section 88 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (a) "sent by post";
     (b) by inserting in sub-section (2) ", or committed for transmission by courier service or by electronic mail service," after "posted"; and
     (c) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
    "(3) In this section, 'postal purposes' includes the purposes of sending a postal article by the courier service and sending a postal article by an electronic mail service.".

Retaining or secreting postal articles
13. Section 89 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
"(2) In this section, 'the post' includes the courier service and an electronic mail service.".

Improperly obtaining postal articles
14. Section 90 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting "by courier service or by electronic mail service," after "post,".

Wrongful delivery of postal articles
15. Section 91 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting ", by courier service or by electronic mail service" after "post".

Stealing postal articles
16. Section 92 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by inserting in sub-section (1) ", the courier service or an electronic mail service" after "post"; and
     (b) by inserting in sub-section (2) ", by courier service or by electronic mail service" after "post".

Tampering with the mail
17. Section 93 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting ", the courier service or an electronic mail service" after "post" (wherever occurring).

Explosives
18. Section 100 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting ", by courier service or by electronic mail service" after "post".

Hoax explosives
19. Section 100a of the Principal Act is amended by inserting ", by courier service or by electronic mail service" after "post".

Repeal of sections 101 and 101a
20. Sections 101 and 101a of the Principal Act are repealed.

Protection from actions
21. Section 104 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by omitting from sub-section (1) "by post"; and
     (b) by inserting in sub-section (2) ", by courier service or by electronic mail service" after "by post".

22. After section 105 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Reward for information as to theft