Postal Regulations 1935 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1943. No. 237.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1934.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1934.

Dated this sixteenth day of September, 1943.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Postmaster-General.

 

Amendments of the Postal Regulations. 

Re-direction of postal articles.

1. Regulation 97 of the Postal Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-regulation (3.); and

(b) by omitting paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (5.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

“(a) the postage originally paid would not have been sufficient if the article had been originally addressed to its new destination,”.

Fees and compensation in respect of article other than C.O.D. parcels.

2. Regulation 163 of the Postal Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following proviso:—

“Provided that, in the case of an article addressed to any member of His Majesty’s Forces or of the Forces of any foreign Power allied or associated with His Majesty in any war in which His Majesty is engaged, the registration fee shall be three pence and the maximum amount of compensation shall be Two pounds.”.

Compensation payable for loss, damage or rifling of sealed articles and for loss of unsealed articles.

3. Regulation 165 of the Postal Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the word “or” (last occurring); and

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1943.

  Statutory Rules 1935, No. 3, as amended by Statutory Rules 1935. Nos. 53, 70, 80 and 95; 1936, Nos. 50 and 113; 1937, Nos. 13, 35, 37 and 48; 1938, Nos. 2, 55, 94 and 100; 1939, Nos. 44, 57 and 66; 1940, Nos. 1 and 232; 1942, Nos. 5, 313, 439 and 554; and 1943, Nos. 57 and 94.

4542.—Price 3d. 25/22.7.1943.

 

(b) by adding, at the end of that sub-regulation, the following paragraph:—

“or (h) in respect of the loss of, or damage to, an article addressed to or posted by a member of the Forces of the United States of America occurring while the article is in the hands of the United States Naval or Army Postal Services.”.

 

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.