Postal Regulations 1935 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1937. No. 35.

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

I, THE DEPUTY OF 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 the Ninth day of April, 1937.

Deputy of the Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Postmaster-General.

Amendment of the Postal Regulations. 

Franking machine impressions: refunds.

1. Regulation 76 of the Postal Regulations is omitted and the following Regulation inserted in its stead:—

“76.—(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 placed on articles which for adequate reasons were not transmitted through the post, but a deduction of five per centum of the face value of the impressions shall be made.

(2.) Refund shall be made only when the following conditions are complied with:—

(a) The application for refund must be made in writing and be signed by the user or by a responsible person acting on his behalf.

(b)The application must be presented at the time of the first setting of the meter after the date of the impression in respect of which a refund is claimed.

(c) If the impression was actually placed on an article intended for transmission by post, the entire envelope, cover, wrapper or label must be presented with the application for refund.

(d)If the impression was made on an impression slip which for any reason was not affixed to the article intended for transmission by post, the entire impression slip must be presented with the application for refund.

(3.) 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.”

 

* 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; 1937 No. 13.

1299.— 6/17.3.1937.—Price

Purpose for which franking machines may be used.

2.Regulation 77 of the Postal Regulations is omitted and the following Regulation inserted in its stead:—

“77. Subject to these Regulations a franking machine may be used for:—

(a)Making impressions indicating the value of the postage and fees prepaid on postal articles except parcels for places beyond the Commonwealth;

(b)Making impressions indicating the date of the posting of the articles upon which the value of the postage and fees is impressed by the machine, and the post office at which such articles are posted; and

(c) Impressing upon postal articles such additional matter as the Postmaster-General approves.”

Postage on parcels must be prepaid.

3. Regulation 187 of the Postal Regulations is omitted and the following Regulation inserted in its stead:—

“187.—(1.) Except in cases where authority is given under Regulation 60 for payment of the postage to be made by the addressee, the postage on a parcel shall be fully prepaid:—

(a)by means of adhesive postage stamps affixed either on the cover of the parcel close to the address or on a label supplied by the department to be affixed to the parcel;

(b)by means of franking machine impressions made in accordance with the regulations relating to the use of franking machines.

(2.) The franking machine impressions appearing on any one parcel shall not exceed five in number.

(3.) A combination of franking machine impressions and postage stamps for the prepayment of the postage on any one parcel shall not be permitted.

(4.) In cases where the covering of a parcel is of material to which stamps and labels will not readily adhere, or the covering or contents of the parcel might be damaged by the pressure of an obliterating stamp, or the article for transmission is posted without a cover, the postage stamps or franking machine impressions may be placed on a tie-on label which is securely attached to the parcel.

(5.) Except in cases where the sender has established a parcel post deposit account at the Post Office of posting, postage stamps in prepayment of the postage on a parcel shall be affixed to the parcel by the sender or by the person handing in the parcel for transmission.”

Date of operation.

4. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st May, 1937.

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