Post and Telegraph Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

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REGULATIONS	UNDER	THE	POST	AND	TELEGRAPH	ACT
1901-1916.

I, T H E G O V E R N O R - G E N E R A L 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 December, 1918.

R. M. F E R G U S O N,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

W I L L I A M W E B S T E R,

Postmaster-General.

A M E N D M E N T OF T H E P O S T A N D T E L E G R A P H R E G U L A T I O N S 1913.

(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 348.)

1. The following regulation is inserted after regulation 8:—

Articles which Require Special Packing.

8A. Any provisions made by these Regulations requiring articles to he packed shall apply to such articles whether sent as letters, packets, or parcels: provided that postal articles on which letter rate of postage is paid may be closed against inspection.

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2.  The following regulation is inserted after regulation 46:— 46A. The transmission by post of strychnine (in powder f orm),

arsenic, arsenate of soda, morphine, and cocaine is permitted only

when the following conditions are complied with :—

(a ) The bottle containing the poison shall he enclosed in a wooden case not less than one-quarter of an inch thick in the thinnest part, made from a solid piece of wood bored out to the size of the bottle, and having a secure wooden lid.

(b) The article shall be sent by registered packet post.

(c) The packet shall he labelled "Poison," and hear the name

and address of the sender.

Printed and Published for the GOVERNMENT of the COMMONWEALTH of AUSTRALIA

by H J. GREEN, Acting Government Printer for the State of Victoria.