Post and Telegraph Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1915. No. 241.

REGULATION UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1913.

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 1901-1913, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this fifteenth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

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).

Regulation 378 is repealed, and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead:—

Transaction of Business after Usual Office Hours.

378. (1) Arrangements may be made to keep any official or semi-official office open for the transmission or receipt of telegrams after the ordinary business hours, upon notice being given to the officer in charge at least one hour before the ordinary time of closing, and upon payment of a deposit of 2s. 6d. for the first hour, or portion thereof, and 1s. 6d. for every subsequent hour, or portion thereof, during which it is desired the office shall be kept open. If more than one office is so kept open, those fees shall be payable in respect of each office. All telegrams transmitted must be paid for at the usual rates:

Provided that the proprietor of a newspaper shall not be called upon to pay any fee for keeping a telegraph office open on any Sunday, in cases where the telegraphic business of such newspaper on that day amounts to £1 10s. in value.

(2) In cases of a specially urgent nature, where it is not possible to give the notice stipulated in Sub-regulation (1), telegrams may be transmitted after the ordinary business hours, provided the attention of the officer in charge of the office with which it is desired to transact business can be obtained. The charges for this service will be the same as indicated in Sub-regulation (1).

(3) Only the person who pays for keeping an office open after the ordinary business hours is entitled to transact business during such special attendance. Should any other person desire to transact business at such times, he may do so on payment of the above-mentioned charges.

(4) Similar arrangements may be made at allowance post-offices, in cases where the postmasters are willing to give the necessary attendance, on payment of a fee not exceeding 1s. for each 30 minutes, or portion thereof, during which it is desired the office shall be kept open, in addition to the ordinary departmental charges for the transmission of telegrams.

 

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