Minister to make regulations

(1) The Minister may make regulations relating to all or any of the following matters, (a) the duties of Postmaster General; 28 (b) the hours or times of attendance at the General Post Office, and the conduct of all business in such office; (c) the establishment and general management of branch Post Offices; (d) the remuneration to be paid to the officers of the Post Office, and the regulation of their (e) the time of the receipt and delivery of letters, and the mode of their transmission; (f) the keeping of accounts by the Postmaster General, and the payment by him to the Government of Belize of the moneys collected by him; (g) the keeping of accounts by the officers of the Post Office or otherwise, and the payment of the moneys collected or payable by such officers under this Act; (h) the description of postal packets that may be transmitted by inland post, where the same is not provided for by this Act; (i) the rates of postage to be charged in Belize on letters, post-cards, newspapers, book- patterns and other articles transmitted by the post between places within Belize or between Belize and places abroad, or brought by a private ship; (j) the provision, custody, issue, sale, and use of postage stamps, reply coupons, labels and the like; 29 (k) the conditions, whether by optional or compulsory prepayment, upon which the Postmaster General is bound to forward postal packets posted in Belize to places outside Belize; (l) the rates of postage, inclusive of the rates fixed by the Government, to be charged and collected upon passing between Belize and places abroad or brought by a private ship; (m) all matters relating to the receipt of postal packets from or the delivery of postal packets to the mail agents of any (n) the registration of postal packets and the fees chargeable for such registration; (o) the issue of orders for money from the Post Office in Belize payable at any duly authorised Post Office in the United Kingdom or any other colony or country, and the payment of orders for money made payable in Belize and the commission to be charged in respect thereof; (p) the issue and payment of British postal (q) the issue of postal orders within Belize as may be deemed advisable and for the payment thereof and to regulate the limit of the amounts of such orders and the commission to be charged thereon; (r) the issue and payment of money orders and postal orders at conversion rates conforming 30 as nearly as possible to the current market rates of exchange of money, and in case of money orders and postal orders issued outside of and payable in Belize to fix the conversion rate at the market rate either on the date of issue or on the date of presentation for payment; (s) the insurance of postal packets and parcels; (t) the establishment of street pillar boxes in Belize City and other parts of Belize; (u) the sale of postage stamps outside the Post (v) the furnishing of stamp dies and other implements; and (w) generally all matters respecting the direction, control and management of the Post Office where such matters are not provided for or not fully provided for by this Act. (2) None of such regulations in any of the matters which may affect the interest of the Government shall be at variance with any instructions received by the Minister from the Government or the laws and regulations of the International