No. S 313
Postal Services Act
(Chapter 237A)
Postal Services (Singapore Pools (Private) Limited — Exemption) Order 2005
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 60 of the Postal Services Act, the Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1.  This Order may be cited as the Postal Services (Singapore Pools (Private) Limited — Exemption) Order 2005 and shall come into operation on 25th May 2005.
Exemption
2.—(1)  Singapore Pools (Private) Limited is exempted from sub-paragraph (b) of regulation 3(1) of the Postal Services Regulations (Rg 1) subject to the following conditions:
(a)any article referred to in that sub-paragraph is to be posted, conveyed or delivered by post to —
(i)registered telebetting customers of Singapore Pools (Private) Limited; or
(ii)any business partner of Singapore Pools (Private) Limited providing any account maintenance service in respect of the betting transactions of such registered telebetting customers; and
(b)any article consisting or containing any public lottery ticket is to be sent only by registered post.
(2)  Any person is exempted from sub-paragraph (b) of regulation 3(1) of the Postal Services Regulations provided that any article referred to in that sub-paragraph is to be posted, conveyed or delivered by post for the purpose of —
(a)registering that person as a telebetting customer; or
(b)supplying account transaction details of a telebetting customer maintained by a business partner of Singapore Pools (Private) Limited.
(3)  A postal licensee who posts, conveys or delivers by post any article referred to in sub-paragraph (1) or (2), the sender of which is the Singapore Pools (Private) Limited or the exempted person referred to in sub-paragraph (2), shall also be exempted from regulation 3(1)(b) of the Postal Services Regulations (Rg 1).

Made this 19th day of May 2005.

TAN CHIN NAM
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Information,
Communications and the Arts,
Singapore.
[MICA.ICT.P. 271.033.002 V7; AG/LEG/SL/237A/2000/1 Vol. 1]
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