POST
AND TELEGRAPH RATES.
No. 54 of 1941.
An Act
to amend the Post and Telegraph Rates Act
1902–1940.
[Assented
to 3rd December, 1941.]
BE
it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short
title and citation.
1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Post and Telegraph Rates Act 1941.
(2.) The Post
and Telegraph Rates Act 1902–1940 is in this Act referred to as the
Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act,
may be cited as the Post and Telegraph
Rates Act 1902–1941.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by
Proclamation.
3. After section six of the Principal Act the following section is
inserted:—
War
postage
“6a. In
addition to the rates of postage set out in Parts I. and II of the First
Schedule to this Act, there shall be payable the rates of war postage set out
in Part III. of that Schedule.”.
First
Schedule.
4. After Part II. of the First Schedule to the Principal Act the
following Part is added:—
“Part
III.
First Column. | Second Column. |
Postal Articles. | Rates of War Postage. |
Newspapers registered at a General Post Office
posted (without condition as to the number contained in each addressed
wrapper) by—
| One half-penny per twenty ounces or part of twenty
ounces on the aggregate weight of newspapers posted by any one person at any
one time
|
(a) the
proprietors thereof to bona fide subscribers
and to newsvendors and agents for the purpose of sale; and
|
(b)
newsvendors and agents to bona fide subscribers,
and to other newsvendors and agents for the purpose of sale
|
Periodicals registered at a General Post Office posted
(without condition as to the number contained in each addressed wrapper) by—
| One half-penny per sixteen ounces or part of sixteen
ounces on the aggregate weight of periodicals posted by any one person at any
one time
|
(a) the
proprietors thereof to bona fide subscribers
and to newsvendors and agents for the purpose of sale: and
|
(b)
newsvendors and agents to bona fide subscribers,
and to other newsvendors and agents for the purpose of sale
|
Letters...................................................................................... | One
half-penny per letter |
Lettercards................................................................................ | One
half-penny per letter-card |
Postcards................................................................................... | One
half-penny per postcard |
Second Class Mail Matter— |
(a)Commercial papers, patterns samples
and merchandise as prescribed
| One half-penny per postal article |
(b) Printed
matter (including printed papers, circulars and catalogues and books,
periodicals and newspapers not registered at a General Post Office) as
prescribed
| One half-penny per postal article |
Third Class Mail Matter (comprising books,
periodicals and newspapers registered at a General Post Office posted
otherwise than as specified in Part I. of this Schedule) as prescribed
| One half-penny per postal article |
Hansard, that is reports of
Parliamentary debates printed and published by the authority of the
Commonwealth or of a State
| One half-penny per postal article”. |