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Opening another persons post

shayser · 2011-05-13 12:03:53

I moved house but some post is still getting delivered to my old address. The existing tenants are opening these letters. They do pass on some (opened) important letters like cheques or some government correspondence, e.g., gave a letter to my mother in the street, called me at work. I've read on the internet and have been…

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13-05-2011 1:03pm

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shayser

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I moved house but some post is still getting delivered to my old address. The existing tenants are opening these letters. They do pass on some (opened) important letters like cheques or some government correspondence, e.g., gave a letter to my mother in the street, called me at work.

I've read on the internet and have been told by Post Office staff that it is an offence to open a letter addressed to somebody else.

My question is, what is the censure? I can't seem to find that out.

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#2 13-05-2011 3:05pm
Kosseegan

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Post Office Act 1908. Look it up.

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#3 13-05-2011 3:26pm
shayser

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Cheers, got it.

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