Postal Regulations 1927 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1929. No. 16.

 

REGULATION 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 Regulation under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1923 to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this fifth day of February, 1929.

STONEHAVEN

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. G. GIBSON

Postmaster-General.

 

Amendment of the Postal Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1927, No. 144, as amended to this date.)

Sub-regulation (2) of Regulation 80 is omitted and the following sub-regulation inserted in its stead:—

(2) Undelivered postal articles, except parcels and the postal articles referred to in the last preceding regulation and the last preceding sub-regulation, shall—

(a) if posted within the Commonwealth for delivery therein, be retained at the office of destination as follows:—

(i) if addressed to a fixed address, i.e., to a street, road, institution, farm, station, &c.—8 days:

Provided that the article shall be retained for one calendar month when the postmaster knows that the addressee is residing in the locality served by his office, or has good reason to believe that the article will be called for during that period;

(ii) if addressed only to a post town, i.e., when only the name of the addressee and that of the post town appear in the address—14 days:

Provided that the article shall be retained for one calendar month when the postmaster knows that the addressee is residing in the locality served by his office, or has good reason to believe that the article will be called for during that period:

162.—Price 3d.

 

Provided further that when the article is addressed to a person who previously resided in the locality and the postmaster knows that such person has permanently left the district, the period of retention of the article shall be 8 days;

(iii) if addressed to a post office, i.e., when the name of the addressee, the words “Post Office” and the name of the post town appear in the address—one calendar month:

Provided that when the article is addressed to a person who previously resided in the locality and the postmaster knows that such person has permanently left the district, the period of retention of the article shall be 8 days;

(iv) if addressed to a person on board a ship—one calendar month.

(b)if received from a place outside the Commonwealth, be retained at the office of destination for one calendar month.

 

By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.