S.L. 254.1 Art. 28Re-direction.

(1) Any postal article, other than a business reply article, may be redirected from its original address in Malta to the same addressee at any other address either by an officer of the universal service provider concerned or after delivery at the original address.

(2) An application for redirection to the universal service provider concerned shall be signed -

(a) by the person or persons to whom the incoming postal articles are addressed; or

(b) by the person having the legal representation of the company, firm or body corporate or unincorporate in respect of incoming postal articles addressed to such company, firm or body; or

(c) by the person having parental authority over, or legal custody of, minor children in respect of incoming postal articles addressed to such minor children; or

(d) by a person duly authorised by another person in respect of incoming postal articles addressed to such other person.

(3) A postal article which is re-directed on the working day of its delivery, or on the working day next following, to its original address shall be transmitted by post free of any charge or postage in respect of such transmission if it is either handed to an officer of the universal service provider concerned or dropped in a letter box of such universal service provider with an indication of the new address:

Provided that the provisions of this subregulation shall not apply if before re-direction the postal article has been opened or tampered with (other than by the substitution of a new address) or if the name or address of the original addressee has been rendered illegible:

Provided further that if the postal article is re-directed to a place outside Malta and the amount of postage paid is insufficient to cover transmission to the new destination, it shall be taxed and treated as an insufficiently pre-paid postal article.