Post and Telegraph Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1918. No. 126.

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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 under-mentioned amended Regulation under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1916, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this fifteenth day of May, 1918.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

WILLIAM WEBSTER,

Postmaster-General.

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Amendment of the Post and Telegraph Regulations 1913.

(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 348.)

Regulation 109 is repealed, and the following regulation is inserted in its stead:—

Payment of Postage by the Receiver.

109. (1) The Postmaster-General may, in such cases and upon compliance with such conditions as he thinks fit, allow payment of the postage payable on postal articles by the addressee instead of by the sender.

(2) A charge equal to 20 per cent. of the amount of postage shall be paid by the addressee to cover the extra services of accounting and collection.

    

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