STATUTORY RULES
1966 No. 24
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE
POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1961.*
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 1901-1961.
Dated
this third day of February, 1966.
CASEY
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s
Command,
Postmaster-General.
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Amendments
of the Postal Regulations
Commencement.
1. These Regulations shall come
into operation on the fourteenth day of February, 1966.
2. The Postal Regulations are amended by inserting after regulation
117 the following regulation:—
Repurchase of stamps issued in former currency.
“ 118.—(1.)
The last two preceding regulations apply in relation to the repurchase by the
Commonwealth of postage stamps indicating an amount in the currency provided
for by the Coinage Act 1909-1947 during the period from and including
the fourteenth day of February, 1966, to and including the thirteenth day of
February, 1971, but no longer.
“ (2.) For the purposes
of ascertaining the amount in the currency provided for by the Currency Act 1965
that is payable by the Commonwealth in respect of the repurchase of postage
stamps indicating an amount in the currency provided for by the Coinage Act 1909-1947,
the references in the last two preceding regulations to the face value of those
stamps shall, subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, be taken to be
references to the equivalent amount in the currency provided for by the Currency
Act 1965, calculated on the basis of the equivalents specified in
sub-section (4.) of section 8 of the Currency Act 1965.
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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on ,
1966.
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; 1943, Nos. 57, 94, 122,
237 and 286; 1944, No. 145; 1945, No. 194; 1946. Nos. 131 and 149; 1947, Nos.
91 and 114; 1948, No. 62; 1949, Nos. 23, 30, 38 and 106; 1950, Nos. 49 and 93;
1951, Nos. 22 and 72; 1952, No. 38; 1953, No. 81; 1954, No. 52; 1955, No. 28;
1953, Nos. 31 and 67; 1957. No. 38; 1959, Nos. 7, 21, 26, 63 and 85; 1960, Nos.
75 and 103; 1962, Nos. 106 and 117; 1963, No. 35; 1964, Nos. 124 and 125; and
1965, No. 100.
13965/55.—Price
9d. (8c) 9/7.1.1966
“ (3.)
Where the face value of those stamps is an amount of pounds, shillings and
pence, pounds and pence or shillings and pence, the equivalent amount in the
currency provided for by the Currency Act 1965 shall be calculated on
the basis that an amount of pence specified in the first column in the table
set out in sub-section (3.) of section 11 of the Currency Act 1965
corresponds to the amount of cents specified in the second column of that table
opposite to that amount of pence.”.
Denominations and poundage.
3. Regulation 247 of the
Postal Regulations is amended by omitting the table and inserting in its stead
the following table:—
Denomination | Poundage | Denomination | Poundage |
$ | Cents | $ | Cents |
0.10 | 2 | 0.50 | 3 |
0.15 | 2 | 0.55 | 3 |
0.20 | 2 | 0.60 | 3 |
0.25 | 2 | 0.75 | 3 |
0.30 | 2 | 1.00 | 5 |
0.35 | 2 | 1.50 | 5 |
0.40 | 2 | 2.00 | 5 |
0.45 | 2 |
Payment to masters of vessels.
4. Regulation 258 of the
Postal Regulations is amended by omitting the table and inserting in its stead
the following table:—
Conveyance of— | Rate of payment |
Mails to places within the
Commonwealth............... | Twenty
dollars per ton by weight |
Mails
to places beyond the Commonwealth— |
where the mails are
to be conveyed not more than 2,999 miles
| Forty-six dollars and
seventy-one cents per ton by weight
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where the mails are
to be conveyed more than 2,999 miles but not more than 6,000 miles
| Ninety dollars and
seventy-four cents per ton by weight
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where the mails are
to be conveyed more than 6,000 miles
| One hundred and six
dollars and twenty cents per ton by weight
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General amendments.
5. The Postal Regulations, as
amended by the foregoing provisions of these Regulations, are amended as set
out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
THE SCHEDULE. Regulation
5.
Amendments
Provision amended | Amendment |
Regulation 4................. | Omit
“ Threepence ”, insert “ Three cents ”. |
Regulation 22............... | Omit
from sub-regulation (2.) “ penny ”, insert “ cent ”. |
Regulation 60............... | Omit
from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (2.) “ penny ”, insert “ cent ”. |
Regulation 91a............. | Omit from paragraph (a)
of sub-regulation (2.) “ One shilling and threepence
”, insert “ Twelve cents ”.
|
Omit from paragraph (b)
of sub-regulation (2.) “ One shilling and threepence
” and “ Ninepence ”, insert “ Twelve cents ” and “ Eight cents ”,
respectively.
|
Omit from paragraph (c)
of sub-regulation (2.) “ One shilling and threepence
”, “ Ninepence ” and “Sixpence ”,
insert “ Twelve cents ”, “ Eight cents ” and “ Five cents ”, respectively.
|
Omit from
sub-regulation (3.) “ One shilling and threepence ”,
insert “ Twelve cents ”.
|
Regulation 91b............ | Omit
“ One shilling and threepence ”, insert “ Twelve
cents ”. |
Regulation 115............. | Omit from
sub-regulation (2.) “ One pound ”, “ 1/2d. to 5s.” and “ 5s.”, insert “ Two dollars ”, “ One
cent to Fifty cents ”and “ Fifty cents ”, respectively.
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Regulation 123b.......... | Omit from paragraphs
(a) and (b) of sub-regulation (4.) “ Threepence
”, insert “ Two cents ”.
|
Omit from paragraph (c)
of sub-regulation (4.) “ Threepence ” and “ Sixpence
”, insert “ Two cents ” and “ Five cents ”, respectively.
|
Regulation 174............. | Omit
from sub-regulation (1.) “ Ninepence ”, insert “ Eight cents ”. |
Regulation 176e........... | Omit from paragraph (a)
of sub-regulation (1) “ Ninepence ”, insert “ Eight cents ”.
|
Regulation 196............. | Omit
“ Ninepence ”, insert “ Eight cents ”. |
Regulation 203............. | Omit “ One shilling
and threepence ”, insert “ Twelve cents ”.
|
Regulation 205............. | Omit from paragraph (c)
of sub-regulation (I.) “ Sixpence ”, insert “ Five cents ”.
|
Omit from paragraph (d)
of sub-regulation (1.) “ Sixpence ” and “ Ninepence ”, insert “ Five cents ”
and “ Eight cents ”, respectively.
|
Regulation 213a........... | Omit
from sub-regulation (3.) “ penny ”, insert “ cent ”. |
Regulation 226............. | Omit
sub-regulation (1.), insert the following sub-regulation:— |
“ (1.) The rates of
commission chargeable for the issue of money orders are—
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(a) in respect
of a money order payable in the Commonwealth —Twelve cents for the first Ten
dollars or part of Ten dollars and Eight cents for each additional Ten
dollars or part of Ten dollars; and
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(b) in respect
of a money order payable otherwise than in the Commonwealth—
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(i)
if the amount for which the money order is issued docs not exceed Four
dollars—Twelve cents; or
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(ii) if the amount
for which the money order is issued exceeds Four dollars—Five cents for each
Two dollars or part of Two dollars.”.
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Regulation 227............. | Omit
“ penny ”, insert “ cent ”. |
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By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth
Government Printer, Canberra