Post and Telegraph Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1915. No. 19.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1913.

(Issued provisionally as Statutory Rules 1914, No. 177.)

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 Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1913, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this eighteenth day of February, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. G. SPENCE,

Postmaster-General.

 

Amendment of the Post and Telegraph Regulations 1913.

(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 348.)

Regulations 275, 278, 282, 285, 286, 287, 288, 290, 291, and 294 are repealed, and the following Regulations are inserted in their stead—

275. Money orders shall be issued and paid at all money order offices in the Commonwealth at the following hours:—

Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.;

Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon;

but offices may be opened and closed at other hours when deemed necessary by the Postmaster-General.

278. Payment of a money order shall only be made—

(a) to the payee thereof, or

(b)to a person presenting the money order signed by the payee, or

(c) to a person presenting the money order, unsigned by the payee, who also presents a written order, signed by the payee, authorizing the person to receive payment, provided the order shall bear—

i. the signature and address of a witness to the payee’s signature;

ii. the name and address of the person authorized to receive payment; and

iii. the date on which such order was made.

C.2394.—Price 3d.

282. (1) The charge for a telegraph money order payable within the Commonwealth shall be the cost of the telegram of advice (irrespective of the number of orders issued, provided they be from the same remitter to the same payee, and the numbers be consecutive), in addition to the ordinary commission. The remitter must also send by telegraph a notification to the payee advising the latter of the correct amount remitted, and, where necessary, of the name of the office at which the amount is payable, and such telegram must be handed to the officer issuing the money order, who will arrange for it to be transmitted at the same time as the official telegram of advice. The payee will be required to hand such notification, after receipt, to the paying officer, to be retained by him. Nothing of a nature which might make the payee desire to retain the message should, therefore, be inserted therein.

(2) The charge for a telegraph money order payable in New Zealand shall be—

(a) the ordinary rate of commission,

(b)the cost of the official telegram of advice at the rate for ordinary telegrams (irrespective of the number of orders included in the advice, provided such orders be from the same remitter to the same payee, and bear consecutive numbers), and

(c) a fee of 6d. for notifying the payee.

A private communication from the remitter to the payee, which must be written in plain language, may be added to the official telegram of advice on payment being made for the additional words at the rate for ordinary telegrams to New Zealand.

285. If the person who presents the notification to the payee is not known to the paying teller (or officer) the latter must satisfy himself by inquiry, and, if necessary, by requiring such person to produce proof as to the bona fides of the claim to payment of the amount of the money order to which such notification relates.

286. Proof of identity must be furnished in all cases where the amount of the money order is £20 or over, and the person presenting the notification to the payee is not known to the paying officer or postmaster, or officer in charge. Necessary receipts must be given.

287. (1) Telegraph money orders issued on telephone money order offices shall not be paid until the official advice has been received by post from the telegraph office in closest touch by mail with the office of payment:

Provided that in case of urgency and on application by the payee the postmaster may, after satisfying himself as to the identity of the payee and the urgency of the occasion, obtain by telephone from the telegraph office particulars of the telegraph money order, and effect payment before receipt of the official money order by post.

(2) The transmission, by telegraph, of the official telegram of advice for a telegraph money order issued at a telephone money order office shall be effected by the telegraph office in closest touch by mail with the office of issue, but not until receipt by post of the necessary advice.

288. Notifications to payees of telegraph money orders addressed to a post-office to be called for or delivered through a post-office at an addressshall, on receipt at the paying office, be registered

without charge. Where the notification is addressed to a post-office the postal official will endeavour, as far as practicable, to satisfy himself that the applicant for such notification is the person for whom it is intended, and the latter must furnish his address in the receipt book.

290. A money order once issued shall not be cancelled, and if repayment, alteration of name of payee, correction of error in name of remitter or payee, or transfer of payment to a different office be required, application must be made on a form provided for the purposes and obtainable at any money order office. Every such application must be accompanied by postage stamps or a postal note to the value of 6d. in the cases of alteration or correction of name, and to the value of the amount of commission chargeable on an order for a like sum in the cases of repayment or transfer of payment:

Provided that in the case of alteration of the name of the payee on two or more orders issued at the same time and bearing consecutive numbers, from the same remitter to the same payee, only one fee of 6d. shall be charged in respect of the whole amount remitted in such orders.

291. The remitter of a money order may apply at the issuing office for an alteration in the name of the payee or remitter, and it may be granted, provided the application is in writing, and accompanied by the prescribed fee, and the issuing officer is satisfied that the applicant is the remitter. In the case of telegraph money orders, if the remitter requires the alteration to be made by telegraph, he must either produce the “Receipt to Remitter” or be identified to the satisfaction of the postmaster, and pay the cost of the telegram altering the name, in addition to the fee of 6d. The alteration may then be effected by telegraph.

294. (1) The transfer of a money order payable at any money order office in the Commonwealth to any other money order office may be arranged on the following conditions:—

(a) The application must be made by the payee in writing, and be accompanied by the prescribed fee, and must contain the names of the payee and remitter; it should be forwarded by registered post.

(b) The money order must be enclosed with the application, and be correctly receipted by the payee.

(c) In the case of a telegraph money order, which it is desired to transfer by telegraph, such transfer may be effected on condition that the application be made in writing, and be accompanied by the private telegram received by the payee, which telegram must be indorsed by the payee.

The charges for such telegraphic transfer shall be—

i. The cost of the official telegram of advice.

ii. The cost of the telegraphic notification to the payee at the new address.

iii. The usual commission.

These charges shall, if not prepaid, be deducted, from the amount of the order.

(3) An application for the telegraphic transfer of a telegraph money order may be made by telegraph in cases of urgency under the following conditions:—

(a)The applicant must fill in the application for transfer form and attach thereto the notification to the payee, and hand it to the postmaster, who shall then send a telegram to the original paying office (the cost of which telegram shall be paid, at ordinary rates, by the applicant) requesting that the order be re-issued as a telegraph money order.

(b) On receipt of such telegram the postmaster at the original paying office shall fill in an application form for and issue a new telegraph money order, deducting from the amount of the original order the cost of the telegram of advice to the new paying office, as well as the commission. The telegram received by the postmaster at the original paying office is to be attached to the application for the new order.

 

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