Postal Regulations 1935 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1937. No. 48.

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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 mate the following Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1934.

Dated this eleventh day of May, 1937.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Postmaster-General.

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Amendment of the Postal Regulations. 

1.Regulation 6 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting the words “surcharged at such rate” and inserting the words “dealt with as an insufficiently prepaid postal article” in their stead.

2. Regulation 12 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting the words “transmitted by post only” and inserting the word “classified” in their stead.

3. Regulation 16 of the Postal Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “prepaid letter” and inserting the words “prepaid postal article” in their stead.

(b)by omitting sub-regulation (2.) and inserting the following sub-regulation in its stead:—

(2.) “In the case of an article exceeding two ounces in weight which has been surcharged owing to its being closed against inspection, if the addressee opens it in the presence of the Postmaster and it is found not to contain anything rendering the article liable to surcharge, the surcharge imposed on account of its being closed against inspection may be remitted.”

4. Regulation 27 of the Postal Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “prepaid letter” and inserting the words “prepaid postal article” in their stead.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on

  Statutory Rules 1935 No. 3 as amended by Statutory Rules 1935 Nos. 53, 70, 80 and 95; 1936 Nos. 50 and 113, and 1937 Nos. 13, 35 and 37.

2115.—6/29.4.1937.—Price 3d.

(b)by omitting sub-regulation (2.) and inserting the following sub-regulation in its stead:—

(2.) “If on receiving an article which has been surcharged owing to its being closed against inspection the addressee opens it in the presence of the Postmaster and it is found not to contain anything rendering the article liable to surcharge, the surcharge imposed on account of its being closed against inspection may be remitted.”

5.Regulation 63 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (4.) and inserting the following sub-regulation in its stead:—

(4.) “Wholly unpaid postal articles, except newspapers, and postal articles bearing postage at a rate lower than that prescribed for the class to which they belong by reason of their nature or the nature of any enclosure or endorsement they contain or bear, posted in the Commonwealth for delivery therein or transmission to Papua, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, New Guinea (formerly German New Guinea) and Nauru, shall, except in the cases where the Postmaster-General has allowed payment of the postage payable to be made by the addressee instead of by the sender, or where there is an evident attempt to defraud, be transmitted to the office of destination surcharged double the deficiency in postage, provided that the amount of surcharge imposed on an article posted as second or third class matter or which is sealed against inspection, and not prepaid at letter rate shall not exceed the amount of the surcharge which would have been payable had the article originally been regarded as an irregularly posted parcel and transferred to the Parcel Post. Wholly unpaid newspapers shall be forwarded to the Dead Letter Office.”

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