Post and Telegraph Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1914. No. 66.

REGULATION UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT

1901-1913.

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THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following amended Regulation under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1913 to come into operation forthwith.

 

Amendment of the Post and Telegraph Regulations 1913.

(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 348.)

 

Dated this 2nd day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

 

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

AGAR WYNNE.

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The Post and Telegraph Regulations 1913 are amended—

1. By repealing Regulation 339, and inserting the following Regulation in its stead:—

339. (1) The cost of a reply may be prepaid, and a reply-form shall then be delivered to the addressee, who shall be at liberty to send a telegram of the value prepaid, from any telegraph office within the Commonwealth. A reply-form need not necessarily be used for a reply, but may be used to prepay or partly prepay any single telegram for transmission to any place within the Commonwealth, within three months from the date of issue.

(2) A telegram containing in the text thereof the words “Reply paid,” or the indication “R.P.” (either of which must be paid for by the sender as part of the telegram), shall not be accepted for transmission unless an amount in prepayment of the desired reply has actually been lodged by the sender of such telegram.

(3) If the sender of the reply telegram refuses to pay any excess upon the amount prepaid, the excess words can only be sent in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 338.

(4) If the addressee of a “reply paid” telegram refuses or fails to use the reply-form, the amount paid for the reply shall, if the unused reply-form remains in the possession of the Department, or is produced by the sender, be refunded to the

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sender of the original telegram at the expiration of three months from its date of issue, or at an earlier date if an application for refund is made by the sender.

(5) In cases where the words “reply paid” are inserted in the original telegram, the prepaid reply shall be sent at the same rate (that is, ordinary or urgent) as the original telegram. The sender of the reply paid telegram may, however, require that the reply be sent at either rate, by inserting the words “reply paid ordinary” or “reply paid urgent,” as the case may be, in the original telegram, and prepaying the proper charges.

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2. By repealing Regulation 345.

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