Section 2: Interpretation

2. Interpretation In this Act— “ancillary services” means such services additional to the activities of the post as may be prescribed; “article” includes documents, goods and merchandise committed to and accepted by a licensee for conveyance through a courier service; “authorised officer” means an officer designated as such under section 10; “Authority” means the Postal Authority established under section 4; “courier service” means an individualised and time-sensitive service for accepting, conveying and distributing documents and goods on a door to door basis; “dead letter” means any postal packet which may be prohibited, undeliverable, refused by the addressee or unclaimed; “enforcement officer” means a public officer empowered by an enactment to investigate into, enquire into or prosecute an offence; “foreign parcel” means a parcel— (a) posted in Mauritius for delivery abroad; (b) posted abroad for delivery in Mauritius; or (c) transiting in Mauritius; “franking machine” means a machine which records prepayment of postage; “ICT Appeal Tribunal” means the Information and Communication Technologies Appeal Tribunal established under section 36 of the Information and Communication Technologies Act; “ICT Authority” means the Information and Communication Technologies Authority established under section 4 of the Information and Communication Technologies Act; “letter” means any communication in the nature of a private correspondence; “licensee” means the holder of a licence issued under this Act; “Mauritius Post Limited” means the Company incorporated to act as operator of the Postal Service under the Post Office (Transfer of Undertaking) Act; “Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of postal service is assigned; “post” means the logistics for the collection, sorting, despatch, conveyance and delivery of postal packets; [Issue 1] P16 – 2 Revised Laws of Mauritius “post office” means any place from where postal service is offered; “postage” means the fee chargeable for the delivery of services by post; “postage stamp” means any label or stamp for denoting any postage or other sum payable in respect of a postal packet and includes any adhesive postage stamp or printed stamp impressed or otherwise indicated on a postal packet, whether the postage stamp is issued under this Act, or by an appropriate authority of another country; “postal packet” includes a letter, postcard, printed paper, newspaper, parcel, sample, book, packet or article committed to, and accepted by, a licensee for conveyance by post; “postal service” means the service offered to people at large for the collection, conveyance, distribution and delivery of postal packets; “Postal Service Fund” means a fund into which— (a) contributions received from licensees under section 16 are deposited; (b) monies from an unclaimed money fund account under section 24 are credited; and (c) any disbursement as may be made by the Authority for the provision of the universal service is created; “posting box” means any box or receptacle put at the disposal of the public for purposes of posting; “unclaimed money fund account” means an account opened under section 24 by a licensee into which all monies found in dead letters are credited; “universal service” means a courier or postal service which is reasonably accessible and affordable to any person within the State on an equitable basis.