Postal Regulations 1927 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1928. No. 123.

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 forthwith.

Dated this twenty-seventh day of November, 1928.

STONEHAVEN

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. G. GIBSON

Postmaster-General.

 

Amendments of the Postal Regulations.

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

1. Regulation 55 is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

55. (1) The Postmaster-General or an officer authorized in that behalf may, upon application in writing by the user, make a refund of the amount representing the value of defective impressions, impressions made in error or impressions made on envelopes, covers, wrappers or labels which for adequate reason were not transmitted through the post, but a deduction of five per centum of the face value of the impressions shall be made.

(2) The application for refund shall be made at or before the time of the first setting, of the meter after the date of the impression, and the envelopes, covers, wrappers or labels bearing the impressions in respect of which refund is claimed shall accompany the application.

(3) Refund shall be made only when the entire envelopes, covers, wrappers or labels are produced and only when they bear evidence of the franking, impression having been made thereon. In cases where the denomination of the franking impression is illegible, refund shall be made only in respect of the amount of the lowest denomination of impression which the applicant’s machine is capable of making.

2833.—Price 3d

 

2. Regulation 64 is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

64. (1) The late fee on all unregistered postal articles, except parcels posted in the Commonwealth, for any destination, shall be One penny each.

(2) The late fee on all registered articles, except parcels, for any destination, registered between one hour and half-an-hour prior to the time of closing ordinary mails, which close after 9 a.m. and before 6 p.m., shall be Twopence for each article.

(3) The late fee on registered, cash on delivery, and insured parcels, for any destination, posted at any post office at which “late fee” parcels are accepted shall be Twopence for each parcel. The late fee system does not apply to ordinary parcels.

3. Regulation 246 is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

(3) An article shall not be accepted for transmission by post if it is enclosed in an envelope, wrapper or cover bearing cancelled postage stamps, post-marks or other evidence of previous transmission through the post:

Provided that this regulation shall not apply to an article which has been re-directed in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations relating to re-direction.

 

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