Post and Telegraph Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1920. No. 1.

 

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 following Regulation under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901–1916, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this thirty-first day of December, 1919.

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, as amended to this date.)

Regulation 235 is repealed, and the following regulation is substituted therefor:—

Return of Parcel on Request before Delivery.

235. (1) If the sender of a parcel apply for its return to him prior to its despatch from the office at which it was posted, such parcel shall be handed back without charge, but the postage paid thereon shall not be refunded.

(2) If the sender of a parcel which has been posted for delivery within the Commonwealth applies for its return after it has been despatched from the office at which it was posted, but before it has been delivered to the addressee, the request shall, if possible, be complied with, subject to payment by the sender of the charges prescribed by this regulation.

(3) If the sender of a parcel which has been posted for delivery beyond the Commonwealth applies for its return after it has been despatched from the office at which it was posted, but before it has been despatched from the State in which it was posted, the request shall, if possible, be complied with, subject to payment by the sender of the charges prescribed by this regulation.

(4) The sender will be required to pay, at the time of making application for the return of a parcel in accordance with sub-regulations (2) and (3) hereof, the cost of any telegram or telegrams which it is necessary to send in connexion therewith, and before any parcel is handed back the sender must also pay a fee amounting to half postage at the fully prepaid rate, but not less than 6d., together with any other charges due on such parcel.

  

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