Post and Telegraph Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1923. No. 49.

REGULATIONS 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 undermentioned amended Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1916, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this twenty-first day of April, 1923.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. G. GIBSON.

Postmaster-General.

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Amendment of the Post and Telegraph Regulations.

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

1. Regulation 102 is repealed, and the following regulation is inserted in its stead:—

“102. The express delivery fee, and at least one rate of postage must be prepaid by means of postage stamps affixed to the article.”

2. Regulation 103 is repealed, and the following regulation is inserted in its stead:—

“103. Any article intended for express delivery must not be posted in a letter-box during the hours when the Post Office is open for ordinary business, but must be handed in at the counter; after the office has closed, such articles may be posted in the letter-box in the ordinary manner, but will not be delivered until the following morning. The words ‘Express Delivery’, or words indicating that express delivery is desired must be boldly and legibly written by the sender above the address in the left-hand corner of the cover.”

3. Regulation 108 is repealed, and the following regulation is inserted in its stead:—

“108. (1) Postal articles intended for express delivery from the post-office of destination only may be posted like ordinary articles, but they must be clearly marked “Express Delivery,” or words indicating that express delivery is desired.

(2) The fee of 4d., and at least one rate of postage must be prepaid by means of postage stamps affixed to the article.

(3) Articles marked and prepaid as prescribed shall be delivered by special messenger immediately after receipt of the mail in which they are enclosed.”

 

Printed and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.

C.4849.— Price 3d.