POST
AND TELEGRAPH RATES.
No. 28 of 1950.
An Act to amend the Post and Telegraph Rates Act 1902–1949.
[Assented to 28th November, 1950.]
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 1950.
(2.) The
Post and Telegraph Rates Act 1902–1949 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 1902–1950.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the first day of December,
One thousand nine hundred and fifty.
First
Schedule.
3. The First Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by omitting Part
II. and inserting in its stead the following Part:—
“Part II.
Letters and Letter Cards...................................................... | Threepence for the
first ounce or part of an ounce, and twopence halfpenny for each additional ounce
or part of an ounce
|
Post Cards......................................................................... Second Class Mail Matter— | Twopence half-penny each |
(a) Commercial papers, patterns,
samples and merchandise, as prescribed.......................................................
| Twopence for the
first two ounces or part of two ounces, and one penny half-penny for each
additional two ounces or part of two ounces
|
(b) Printed matter (including printed papers, circulars and
catalogues, and books, periodicals and newspapers not registered at a General
Post Office), as prescribed
| Twopence for the
first four ounces or part of four ounces, and one penny half-penny for each additional
four ounces or part of four ounces
|
Third Class Mail
Matter (comprising books registered at a General Post Office and periodicals
and newspapers registered at a General Post Office posted otherwise than as
specified in Part I. of this Schedule), as prescribed
| One penny half-penny
per six ounces or part of six ounces
|
Hansard, that is, reports of Parliamentary debates
printed and published by the authority of the Commonwealth or of a State
| One penny half-penny
per twelve ounces or part of twelve ounces”.
|
Second
Schedule.
4.The
Second Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by omitting Part I. and
inserting in its stead the following Part:—
“Part I.—Ordinary
Telegrams.
— | Between offices which are not more than fifteen miles apart. | Between offices which are more than fifteen miles apart. |
Including
address and signature— |
Not
exceeding fourteen words | One shilling and
ninepence | Two shillings |
Each additional word..................... | One penny half-penny............ | One penny half-penny |
Double the foregoing rates shall be charged for
the transmission of—
(a)
urgent telegrams; and
(b)
telegrams on the public service when required, under section ninety-five of the
Post and Telegraph Act 1901–1949, to
be transmitted before other telegrams.
The
rates specified in this Part are exclusive of porterage charges.”.