Post and Telegraph Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1917. No. 153.

REGULATIONS 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 Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1916, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this eleventh day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

WILLIAM WEBSTER,

Postmaster-General.

Amendment of the Post and Telegraph Regulations, 1913.

(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 348.)

1. Regulation 203 is repealed.

2. The following Regulation is inserted after Regulation 118:—

Withdrawal of Correspondence.

118a.—(1) Except as otherwise provided in these Regulations, postmasters shall not return any letter, packet or newspaper to the writer or sender thereof, or to any other person, or delay forwarding it to its destination according to the address, without either the consent in writing of the person to whom the letter, packet or newspaper is addressed, or the direction in writing of the Postmaster-General.

(2) In cases where the sender applies for the withdrawal of a letter, packet or newspaper before delivery to the addressee, the Postmaster-General may give the necessary direction in writing if he considers the reasons for withdrawal are satisfactory.

(3) The applicant for withdrawal of a letter, packet or newspaper, in accordance with this Regulation, shall pay a fee of One shilling, and, in addition, the cost of any necessary telegrams.

 

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