Postal Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1964. No. 124

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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 seventeenth day of September, 1964.

DE L’ISLE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

 

Alan Hulme

Postmaster-General.

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Amendments of the Postal Regulations. 

Commencement.

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of October, 1964.

Definitions.

2. Regulation 3 of the Postal Regulations is amended by inserting, before the definition of “the Act”, the following definitions:—

“‘cash-on-delivery article’ means a postal article upon the delivery of which a sum of money specified by the sender is to be collected from the addressee and remitted to the sender;

‘Territory’ means Territory of the Commonwealth and includes the Island of Nauru;”.

Insufficiently prepaid postal articles.

3. Regulation 63 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (4.) the words “Papua, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, New Guinea (formerly German New Guinea) and Nauru,” and inserting in their stead the words “a Territory”.

4. Regulation 158 of the Postal Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Certain articles not acceptable for registration.

“158. A postal article shall not be accepted for registration if—

(a)it is addressed in pencil (except copying-ink pencil which has been moistened to give it the form of ink);

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 21st September, 1964.

  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. 1and 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; 950, Nos. 49 and 93; 1951, Nos. 22 and 72; 1952, No. 38; 1953, No. 81; 1954, No. 52; 1955, No. 28; 1956, 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; and 1963, No. 35.

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(b)it is addressed to initials or a fictitious name without a supplementary direction for its delivery to the care of some person, firm or body; or

(c) it bears the appearance of having been opened and resealed.”.

5. Regulations 162, 163 and 164 of the Postal Regulations are repealed and the following regulations inserted in their stead:—

Preparation of articles for registered post.

“162.—(1.) An article (other than a letter-card or post-card) for transmission within the Commonwealth or to a Territory shall not be accepted for registration unless—

(a) it is enclosed in a cover which is in a sound condition; and

(b) it is securely bound or sealed.

“(2.) An article for transmission by letter post shall not be accepted for registration unless it is securely sealed.

Registration fee

“163. The registration fee payable on the registration of an article posted in the Commonwealth is Two shillings.”.

Compensation payable for loss, damage or rifling of sealed articles and for loss of unsealed articles.

6. Regulation 165 of the Postal Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-regulations (1.) and (1a.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(1.) Where the Postmaster-General is satisfied that a registered postal article posted in the Commonwealth for delivery therein or for transmission to a Territory was lost or the contents thereof, whether in whole or in part, were lost, damaged or rifled while the article was in course of transmission through the post, compensation shall, subject to this regulation, be payable in accordance with these Regulations in respect of the loss, damage or rifling.

“(1a.) Where the Postmaster-General is satisfied that a registered postal article posted in a Territory for transmission to the Commonwealth was lost, or the contents thereof, whether in whole or in part, were lost, damaged or rifled, while the article was in his custody, compensation is, subject to this regulation, payable, and the amount of that compensation is the amount that would have been payable under the law of the Territory in which the registered postal article was posted if the registered postal article had been posted in that Territory for delivery in that Territory and the loss, damage or rifling had occurred in that Territory.”; and

(b)by omitting sub-regulation (3.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(3.) Where damage occurs to a registered postal article containing eggs, fish, meat, fruit, vegetables, greases, liquids, semi-liquids or anything which, because of its exceptionally fragile nature, cannot be adequately protected against damage during transmission by post, compensation is not payable in respect of—

(a) damage of any kind to the contents; or

(b)loss of contents through insecurity of, damage to or breakage of the container.

 

“(4.) Compensation is not payable in respect of the loss of, or damage to, the contents of a registered postal article containing jewellery or other valuables unless—

(a)the jewellery was, or other valuables were, enclosed in a strong box or case;

(b)the box or case was securely covered with a wrapper of linen, canvas, strong paper or other substantial material and was securely fastened; and

(c) the address was written on the cover of the article.

“(5.) Compensation is not payable in respect of the loss of coins contained in a registered postal article unless the coins were so packed that they could not move about.

“(6.) In the case of claims for the loss of the contents, in whole or in part, of a postal article, the Postmaster-General may replace the contents of the article instead of paying compensation.”.

7. Regulation 166 of the Postal Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Limit of compensation.

“166. The compensation payable under the last preceding regulation shall not, in any case, exceed—

(a) the value of the article lost or the amount of the damage sustained; or

(b) an amount of Fifty pounds,

whichever is the less.”.

Redirected articles.

8. Regulation 170 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting the words “the Territories of Norfolk Island, Papua, New Guinea and Nauru” and inserting in their stead the words “a Territory”.

Fee for registration of article sent to place beyond Commonwealth.

9.Regulation 171 of the Postal Regulations is repealed.

Compensation for loss of registered article addressed to, or posted in, a place beyond the Commonwealth.

10. Regulation 172 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1.) and inserting the following sub-regulation in its stead:—

“(1.) Where the Postmaster-General is satisfied that a registered postal article addressed to, or posted in, a place beyond the Commonwealth (other than a Territory) was lost while in his custody, the Postmaster-General may pay to the sender compensation not exceeding Three pounds twelve shillings and sixpence.”.

11. Regulation 177 of the Postal Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Definition.

“177. In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears, ‘cash-on-delivery office’ means a post office at which cash-on-delivery articles may be posted and are delivered.”.

Extent of cash-on-delivery service.

12. Regulation 178 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the word “territories” (wherever occurring) and inserting in its stead the word “places”.

 

Conditions of transmission.

13. Regulation 179 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting paragraphs (a) and (b)and inserting the following paragraphs in their stead:—

“(a)the article shall be handed to an officer at the counter of a cash-on-delivery office and shall be registered;

(b)the commission shall be paid in cash or by means of postage stamps affixed to the article; and”.

14. Regulation 180 of the Postal Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Commission.

“180. The commission payable in respect of a cash-on-delivery article is One shilling.”.

Commission.

15. Regulation 226 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “specified in the last preceding sub-regulation”.

Compensation payable where fee paid before the commencement of these Regulations.

16.Where, in respect of a postal article, the fee prescribed by regulation 163 of the Postal Regulations was paid before the date of commencement of these regulations, the amount of compensation payable in respect of the loss, damage or rifling of the postal article is the amount of compensation which would have been payable under the Postal Regulations as in force at the time at which the fee was paid.

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By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.