Post and Telegraph Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1917. No. 172.

REGULATION UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901–1916.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the undermentioned amended Regulation under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901–1916, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this first day of August, One thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

WILLIAM WEBSTER,

Postmaster-General.

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Amendment of the Post and Telegraph Regulations, 1913.

(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 348, as amended by Statutory Rules, 1917, No. 111.)

Regulation 234 is repealed and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead:—

Demurrage.

234. (1) Where any parcel or other postal article on the contents of which Customs duty is payable remains undelivered for more than seventy-two hours (exclusive of Sundays and holidays) after the posting to the addressee of a notification of its arrival, demurrage shall be charged on the parcel or other postal article at the rate of Twopence for every twenty-four hours or portion thereof during which it remains undelivered after such seventy-two hours.

Provided that, if in the ordinary course of the circulation of mail matter the notification cannot reach the addressee within twenty-four hours, for each additional twenty-four hours that elapses before the notification can reach the addressee a corresponding period of twenty-four hours shall be allowed without charge of demurrage.

(2) The date from which demurrage will be charged shall be indicated in the notification.

(3) No parcel or other postal article on which demurrage is chargeable shall be delivered until all demurrage due thereon has been paid.

(4) No demurrage shall be charged on parcels or other postal articles addressed to persons on board ship.

(5) In the case of parcels or other postal articles returned to the country of origin as undeliverable, the charge for demurrage shall be cancelled.

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