Postal Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES
REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1966.*
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
Dated this twenty-sixth day of May
CASEY
government general
By His Excellency’s Command,
Postmaster-General.
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Amendments of the Postal Regulations
“Part XVIII.—Postal Notes (Regulations 244-253).”
and inserting in their stead the words and figures—
“Part XVIII.—Postal Orders (Regulations 244-254).”
“‘commission’, in relation to a money order, means the charge for issuing the money order;”.
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* Notified in the
Statutory Rules 1935, No. 3. as amended to date. For previous
amendments of the Postal Regulations,
6187/66.—Price 10c (1s.) 9/19.5.1966
“226.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, for the purposes of sub-section (3.) of section 75 of the Act—
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(i) if the amount for which the money order is issued does not exceed Ten dollars—Twelve cents; or
(ii) in any other case—a charge calculated at the rate of Twelve cents for the first Ten dollars and Eight cents for each additional Ten dollars or part of Ten dollars in the amount for which the money order is issued; and
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b )the charge for the issue of a money order payable otherwise than in the Commonwealth is—(i) if the amount for which the money order is issued does not exceed Four dollars—Twelve cents; or
(ii) in any other case—a charge calculated at the rate of Five cents for each Two dollars or part of Two dollars in the amount for which the money order is issued.
“(2.) Where two or more money orders are issued to or for a remitter at the one time for payment to the same payee and the sum of the amounts for which those money orders are issued exceeds Eighty dollars, the last preceding sub-regulation applies as if—
(
a )references in that sub-regulation to a money order were read as references to those money orders; and(
b )references in that sub-regulation to the amount for which the money order is issued were read as references to the sum of the amounts for which those money orders are issued.”.
“227. For the purposes of sub-section (1.) of section 75 of the Act, the amount is Eighty dollars.”.
“230. The remitter of money by means of a telegraph money order is liable to pay, in addition to the charge for the issue of the money order, the charge for the official telegram of advice and—
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a )if the money order is payable in a Territory of the Commonwealth not forming part of the Commonwealth, including the Territory of Nauru—any delivery, notification or other fee payable in accordance with any arrangement made between the Postmaster-General and an authority of the Territory with respect to telegraph money orders issued in the Commonwealth for payment in that Territory; or(
b ) if the money order is payable in any other country outside Australia—any delivery, notification or other fee payable in accordance with any arrangement made between the Commonwealth and the Government of that country with respect to telegraph money orders issued in the Commonwealth for payment in that country.”.
“(1.) The officer to whom application is made for payment of a money order may request the applicant to state the name of the remitter and the name of the payee of the money order, and may refuse to make payment of the money order until the applicant complies with the request.”.
“(3.) In this regulation, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a money order shall be read as including a reference to a postal order and to a telegram or other document transmitted by the Department in connexion with the transmission of money by means of a telegraph money order.”.
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a )by omitting from sub-regulations (1.) and (2.) the word “fee” (wherever occurring) and inserting in its stead the word “charge”;(
b )by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “equivalent to the commission chargeable on a money order for the same amount” and inserting in their stead the words “equal to the charge for the issue of a money order for the same amount payable at the place where repayment is to be made or to which payment is being transferred, as the case may be”; and(
c ) by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the word “fee” and inserting in its stead the word “charge”.
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a ) by omitting from sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b )the words “, and by a sum equivalent to commission at the prescribed rate for a money order of the same amount”;(
b )by omitting from sub-paragraph (ii) of that paragraph the words “, and a sum equivalent to the commission at the prescribed rate for a money order of the same amount”; and(
c ) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—“(2.) The charge for the transfer of payment of a money order under the last preceding sub-regulation is a sum equal to the charge payable for issuing a money order for the same amount as the amount payable under that money order payable at the post office to which the payment is being transferred.”.
“240. Where a money order payable in the Commonwealth is lost or destroyed, a duplicate may be issued upon application made in writing to the Department and upon payment of a charge of Ten cents.”.
“242. Where a money order payable in the Commonwealth is not presented for payment—
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a )if it was issued in Malaysia—before the expiration of six months after the last day of the month in which it was issued; or(
b )in any other case—before the expiration of twelve months after the last day of the month in which it was issued, payment of the money order may be made upon application in writing to the Department and upon payment of a charge calculated at the rate of Ten cents for each Ten dollars or fraction of Ten dollars of the amount of the money order, but not otherwise.”.
“Part XVIII.—Postal Orders”.
“247. Postal orders may be issued in each of the denominations specified in column one of the following table and, for the purposes of sub-section (3.) of section 75 of the Act, the charge for issuing a postal order of a denomination so specified is the charge specified in column two of that table opposite to that denomination:—
Column one | Column two | Column one | Column two | Column one | Column two |
Denomination in dollars | Charge in cents | Denomination in dollars | Charge in cents | Denomination in dollars | Charge in cents |
0.10..................... | 2 | 0.50............... | 3 | 0.90............... | 4 |
0.15..................... | 2 | 0.55............... | 3 | 0.95............... | 4 |
0.20..................... | 2 | 0.60............... | 3 | 1.00............... | 5 |
0.25..................... | 2 | 0.65............... | 3 | 1.50............... | 5 |
0.30..................... | 2 | 0.70............... | 3 | 2.00............... | 5 |
0.35..................... | 2 | 0.75............... | 3 | 3.00............... | 10 |
0.40..................... | 2 | 0.80............... | 4 | 4.00............... | 10 |
0.45..................... | 2 | 0.85............... | 4 |
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a )by omitting the word “Note” (wherever occurring) and inserting in its stead the word “Order”; and(
b ) by omitting the word “poundage” and inserting in its stead the word “charge”.
“250.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, where a postal order is crossed for payment through a bank, it shall not be paid unless it is presented for payment by an officer of the bank and unless it bears an impression of the bank’s stamp in addition to the receipt of the payee.
“(2.) The Director may authorise the payment of a postal order that is crossed for payment through a bank direct to the payee.”.
“252. After the expiration of six months from the last day of the month in which a postal order is issued, the postal order shall be paid only with the approval of the Director and—
(
a )upon payment of a charge equal to the charge for issuing a postal order for the same amount; and(
b )except where application is made direct to a Chief Money Order Office, upon payment of an amount equal to the minimum rate of postage on a letter.
“253. If a postal order contains any alteration or erasure, or is cut, defaced or mutilated, payment may be refused.
“254.—(1.) Subject to this regulation, where a postal order has not been paid after the expiration of six months from the last day of the month in which it was issued, a duplicate postal order may be issued in its stead.
“(2.) Subject to the succeeding sub-regulations of this regulation, a person who has purchased a postal order may, upon request made to the Department in writing before the expiration of twelve months from the last day of the month in which it was issued, obtain information concerning payment of the postal order.
“(3.) Application for a duplicate postal order or a request for information concerning payment of a postal order shall state the denomination and serial number of the postal order.
“(4.) A charge is payable for the issue of a duplicate postal order or for information regarding payment of a postal order equal to the charge payable for the issue of a postal order for the same amount.
“(5.) Where information concerning the payment of a postal order is requested, the person requesting the information is liable to pay, in addition to the charges referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation, an amount equal to the minimum rate of postage on a letter unless the request is lodged at a Chief Money Order Office.”.
(2.) The Postal Regulations as in force immediately before the first day of June, 1966, continue to apply, notwithstanding the amendments made by these Regulations, to and in relation to money orders and postal notes issued before that day.
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By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra
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