Contents
Short Title
Interpretation
2#
In these Regulations,
large quantities, in respect of letter-post items, means more than 50 such items posted on any one day or more than 300 such items posted in any month by or on behalf of a person; (grandes quantités)
letter-post item has the same meaning as in the International Letter-post Items Regulations; (envoi de la poste aux lettres)
person means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership or incorporated entity. (personne)
note
General
3#
(1)Where letter-post items are posted in a country other than Canada to an addressee in Canada by or on behalf of a person resident in Canada and
(a)the letter-post items are posted in large quantities,
(b)the Corporation has reasonable grounds to believe that the sole purpose for posting the letter-post items in that other country is to profit from the lower postage rates that are in force in that country, or
(c)the letter-post items are printed papers containing a card, an envelope or a wrapper that is addressed for return to an address in Canada,
(d)return the letter-post items to the country of origin; or
(e)require that the sender of the letter-post items pay to the Corporation full postage calculated at the rate that would have been applicable if the letter-post items had been posted in Canada.
the Corporation shall
(2)For the purpose of calculating the postage referred to in paragraph (1)(e), the post office in Canada at which the letter-post items are received from the other country is deemed to be the post office of posting.
(3)Where a sender of letter-post items refuses to pay the postage required by the Corporation to be paid pursuant to paragraph (1)(e), the Corporation shall treat the letter-post items as undeliverable mail in accordance with the Undeliverable and Redirected Mail Regulations.
Federal laws of Canada reproduced under the Reproduction of Federal Law Order (SI/97-5); not the official version. Source: Justice Laws Website.