Tax and Revenue Administration Fuel Tax Act Information Circular FT-14

FT-14/ March 2007

ALBERTA FUEL TAX ACT INFORMATION CIRCULAR - MAIL STRIKE CONTINGENCY PLAN

(Effective April 1, 2007)

NOTE: This Information Circular is intended to explain legislation and provide specific information. Every effort has been made to ensure the contents are accurate. However, if a discrepancy should occur in interpretation between this Information Circular and governing legislation, the legislation takes precedence.

This Information Circular sets out the procedures to follow in the event of a strike or other disruption of postal service.

1. Special measures have been put in place to minimize inconvenience to recipients in the event of a disruption of postal services. These measures come into effect when the Minister of Service Alberta declares that an emergency mail situation exists.
   
   
2. When these measures are in effect, recipients may take returns, payments, and correspondence to the nearest Alberta Provincial Government Building, ATB Financial, or any other provincial business location designated by Service Alberta as a delivery point. Couriers will pick up the mail from the delivery points and deliver it to the addressees.
   
   
3. During the postal disruption, Tax and Revenue Administration will send cheques and other materials to designated delivery points for pick-up by recipients.
   
   
4. As an alternative to the above arrangements, recipients may, at their own expense, use private sector couriers to pick up or deliver materials.