CONSOLIDATION

Letter Definition Regulations

SOR/83-481

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OFFICIAL STATUS OF CONSOLIDATIONS Subsections 31(1) and (3) of the Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act, in force on June 1, 2009, provide as follows: Published consolidation is evidence

31 (1) Every copy of a consolidated statute or consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act in either print or electronic form is evidence of that statute or regulation and of its contents and every copy purporting to be published by the Minister is deemed to be so published, unless the contrary is shown. ... Inconsistencies in regulations

(3) In the event of an inconsistency between a consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act and the original regulation or a subsequent amendment as registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council under the Statutory Instruments Act, the original regulation or amendment prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.

LAYOUT The notes that appeared in the left or right margins are now in boldface text directly above the provisions to which they relate. They form no part of the enactment, but are inserted for convenience of reference only.

NOTE This consolidation is current to June 20, 2022. Any amendments that were not in force as of June 20, 2022 are set out at the end of this document under the heading “Amendments Not in Force”.

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TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulations Prescribing a Definition for the Word Letter 1

Short Title

Definition of Letter

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Registration SOR/83-481 May 26, 1983

CANADA POST CORPORATION ACT Letter Definition Regulations P.C. 1983-1566

May 26, 1983

Whereas a copy of proposed Regulations prescribing a definition for the word letter, substantially in the form of the annexed regulations was published in the Canada Gazette Part I on February 12, 1983 and a reasonable opportunity was thereby afforded to interested persons to make representations to the Honourable André Ouellet with respect thereto. Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Honourable André Ouellet, pursuant to section 17 of the Canada Post Corporation Act*, is pleased hereby to approve the annexed Regulations prescribing a definition for the word letter, made by the Canada Post Corporation on April 21, 1983.

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S.C. 1980-81-82-83, c. 54

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Regulations Prescribing a Definition for the Word Letter

Short Title 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Letter Definition Regulations.

Definition of Letter 2 For the purposes of the Canada Post Corporation Act and any regulation made thereunder,

letter means one or more messages or information in any form, the total mass of which, if any, does not exceed 500 g, whether or not enclosed in an envelope, that is intended for collection or for transmission or delivery to any addressee as one item, but does not include (a) an item carried incidentally and delivered to the

addressee thereof by a sender who is a friend of the addressee; (b) an item of an urgent nature carried by an employee where the average salary cost to the employer for delivery of that item is at least equal to an amount that is three times the regular rate of postage payable for delivery in Canada for a similar item weighing 50 g; (c) an item having no further address than “householder”, “boxholder”, “occupant”, “resident”, or other similar expression; (d) an item relating to the official functions of a diplomatic or consular mission or covered by the privileges and immunities provisions of international conventions to which Canada is a party; (e) a cheque, money order or Receiver General payment instrument; (f) a tape, microfilm, disc or similar mass storage device, on which a message or information is recorded by electronic or optical means; (g) a newspaper, magazine, book, catalogue, blank form, manuscript or musical score; (h) an invoice or other document relating to (i) an item in paragraph (g),

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(ii) a specimen for medical or scientific analysis, or (iii) goods

when delivered therewith by the individual delivering such item, specimen or goods; (i) an invoice or other document relating to the

supply of goods or services that is delivered by (i) the supplier to the recipient at the supplier’s

normal business address, (ii) the recipient at (A) a financial institution indicated by the supplier, or (B) the supplier’s normal business address, or (iii) the individual who performed the services; (j) an invoice or other document prepared for delivery

to an addressee from information obtained at the location of such addressee at the time of its delivery; (k) a bill of exchange, promissory note, draft, settlement voucher, money order, Receiver General warrant or any other payment order or instruction for the payment of money, or any similar or related document, in transit in or between (i) one or more institutions or any branch or office

thereof that accept deposits transferable by order to a third party, (ii) the Canadian Payments Association or any

branch or office thereof, or (iii) any of the places referred to in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) for the purpose of processing, exchange, clearing or settlement; (l) an order or instruction given to any institution

referred to in subparagraph (k)(i) for the payment of money, arising out of any transaction in which a payment, debit, credit, charge or account access card is used; (m) an instrument, certificate or other document evidencing or relating to an interest in a security or commodity, while in transit in or between any (i) securities or commodities exchange, clearing

house, or member thereof, or any branch or office thereof,

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(ii) body regulating trading in securities or commodities, or member or registrant thereof, or any branch or office thereof, (iii) bank or other financial institution or any branch or office thereof, or (iv) any of the places referred to in subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii). (lettre) SOR/2000-199, s. 13.

3 For the purposes of these Regulations, a transmission

by electronic or optical means begins with the receipt of a message or information at the point of origin of the transmission and ceases with the display or printing or both at the point of destination. 4 This Regulation shall come into force on September 1, 1983.

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