Postal Regulations 1935 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1936. No. 50.

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

I,THE GOVERNOR-GENERERAL 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 fifteen day of April, 1936.

(SGD.) GOWRIE.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

 

Postmaster-General.

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Amendment of the Postal Regulations. 

Packing of postal articles.

1. Regulation 52 of the Postal Regulations is repealed.

2. Regulation 89 of the Postal Regulations is omitted and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Postal articles “in dispute”.

“89.—(1.) When any member of a firm or partnership or of a dissolved firm or partnership, or any person who claims to be entitled to receive the correspondence of a firm orpartnership or of a dissolved firm or partnership, or of a society, association, union, institution or other body and who satisfies the Postmaster that he has reasonable grounds for such claim gives notice to the Postmaster not to deliver to any person other than himself any postal article addressed to the firm or partnership, or the society, association, union, institution or other body, the postmaster (unless he is satisfied as to who is entitled to delivery) may refuse to deliver all such postal articles until an agreement is arrived at between the persons interested as to delivery, or until the right of one or other of the parties concerned to receive such postal articles has been determined by a competent authority.

(2.) In default of any such agreement or in the absence of any such determination, the postmaster shall mark the postal articles” In Dispute,” and shall send them to the Dead Letter Office unless they bear requests for their return if not delivered within a certain time, in which case they shall, at the expiration of the time named on the postal article, be returned to the sender.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on .

  Statutory Rules 1935 No. 3 as amended by Statutory Rules Nos. 53, 70, 80, and 95.

1606.—6/27.3.1936.—Price 3d.

(3.) A postal article shall not be sent to the Dead Letter Office in accordance with this regulation until the expiration of 30 days from the date of the receipt of the above-mentioned notice.”

3. Regulation 99 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2.) and inserting the following sub-regulation in its stead:—

Re-direction of postal articles.

“(2.) A redirection order shall be acted upon for a term of six months as a maximum:

Provided that where the Deputy Director is satisfied that the circumstances justify an extension of the term he may make such arrangements as will meet the necessities of the case.”

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