Post and Telegraph Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1925. No. 42.

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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 March, 1925.

 

Dated this fourth day of March, 1925.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. G. GIBSON,

Postmaster-General.

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Amendments of the Post and Telegraph Regulations.

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

1. Regulation 247 is omitted, and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Parcels containing any of the following articles will not be insured against damage, but they may be insured against loss only, on payment of fees on the same scale as those fixed for insurance of other articles against loss or damage, viz. liquids, semi-liquids, perishable articles such as eggs, butter, fruit, flowers, confectionery, &c, fragile articles such as glassware, millinery, &c. Under no circumstances shall compensation be paid for damage to a parcel containing any of the above-mentioned articles, and compensation shall be paid only in the event of the loss of the entire parcel.

2. Regulation 251 is amended by omitting the words “Ceylon, India, or Germany,” and inserting, in their stead the words “any other place to which insured parcels may be sent.”

3. Regulation 252 is amended by omitting the words “India, or Germany”, and inserting in their stead the words “other place from which insured parcels may be received”.

4. Regulation 255 is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2) and inserting the following sub-regulation in its stead:—

(2) An application for compensation shall not be entertained unless it is made within twelve months from date of posting of an insured parcel addressed to or via the United Kingdom, or to any other place to which insured parcels may be sent. The application may be made to the Postal Administration of either the country of origin or of delivery, but the certificate of posting and insurance must be produced when required.

 

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