Post and Telegraph Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1927. No. 32.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1923.

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 1901-1923, to come into operation on and from 1st May, 1927.

Dated this eighteenth day of April, 1927.

stonehaven,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. G. GIBSON,

Postmaster-General.

 

Amendment of Post and Telegraph Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 348, as amended to this date.)

1. Regulation 337 is amended—

(a) By omitting the figures “100” wherever occurring and inserting in their stead the figures “50”;

(b) By omitting the figure “4” in sub-regulation (4) and inserting in its stead the figure “5”.

2. Regulation 342 is omitted and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

342. (1) Telegraphic inquiries of any nature concerning telegrams and the replies thereto shall, subject to the provisions of this regulation, be paid for by the person requesting that such inquiries be made.

(2) The addressee or the sender of a telegram may have the whole or part of it repeated on payment of the cost of the telegram requesting the repetition and of the reply.

Provided that where the addressee of a telegram requests a repetition with the object of having errors or supposed errors in the telegram rectified, and such addressee is known to the postmaster or officer in charge, he may have the whole or part of the telegram repeated upon signing an undertaking to pay the cost of the telegram requesting the repetition and the reply thereto in the event of no error having been made by the telegraph service. Upon demand, the person signing the undertaking shall forthwith pay to the Postmaster-General the charges guaranteed to be paid.

(3) If the repetition shows that an error was made in the transmission of the original telegram any money paid for the repetition shall be refunded.

(4) No refund of any charges paid for the repetition shall be made if in the transmission of the original telegram no error was made, or if the error or errors made were due to a word or words being written by the sender in a doubtful manner.

(5) No refunds shall be made in respect of rectifying telegrams which instead of being exchanged between the telegraph offices as paid service advices are exchanged direct between sender and addressee.

3. Regulation 358 is repealed.

4. Regulation 360 is omitted, and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

 

360. (1) A telegram may, on the written request of the addresses or his representative be re-directed and re-transmitted from one office to another office within the Commonwealth on the addressee or his representative giving a written undertaking to pay the prescribed charges.

(2) Where notice that re-direction is required has not been given prior to the receipt of the telegram, the charges for retransmission shall be at the usual rates for telegrams from the office re-transmitting the telegram to the new office of destination.

(3) Where notice that re-direction is required has been given prior to the receipt of the telegram, the charges for re-transmission shall be at the usual rates for telegrams from the office retransmitting the telegram to the new office of destination, less threepence.

(4) The charges prescribed for re-transmission must be paid before the telegram in delivered.

5. Regulation 363 is omitted and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

363. (1) If re-transmission is not involved, no extra charge shall be made for re-direction of a telegram from one address to another Where re-transmission is involved Regulation 360 shall apply.

(2) Notices of removal, and instructions, in writing, respecting the delivery of telegrams at hours when the addressee’s place of business is closed shall be registered free of charge.

6. Regulation 388 is omitted, and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

388. (1) The charge for re-direction of a telegram to a new address within the Commonwealth, when re-transmission is involved, shall be—

(a) Where notice that re-direction is required has not been given prior to the receipt of the telegram, at the usual rates for telegrams from the office re-transmitting the telegram to the new office of destination.

(b) Where notice that re-direction is required has been given prior to the receipt of the telegram, at the usual rates for telegrams from the office re-transmitting the telegram to the new office of destination, less threepence.

(2) If re-transmission is not involved no extra charge shall be made for re-direction of a telegram from one address to another in the same metropolitan or town area.

  

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