Postal Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1950. No..

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1949.*

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 1901-1949.

Dated this sixteenth day of August, 1950.

W. J. McKell

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Postmaster-General.

 

Amendments of the Postal Regulations. 

Printed matter.

1. Regulation 21 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation :—

“ (2.) The limit of weight of an article transmissible as Printed Matter shall be 6½ pounds, or, in the case of an article consisting of a package containing a single volume, 11 pounds.”.

Books transmissible as third class mail matter.

2. Regulation 29 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation :—

“ (2.) To be eligible for transmission at the rate of postage prescribed for Third Class Mail Matter, a package of books shall not exceed 6½ pounds in weight, or, in the case of a package containing a single volume, 11 pounds in weight.”.

Periodicals transmissible as third class mail matter.

3. Regulation 32 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the figure “ 5 ” and inserting in its stead the figures “ 6½ ”.

Newspapers transmissible as third class mail matter.

4. Regulation 37 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the figure “ 5 ” and inserting in its stead the figures “ 6½ ”.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1950.

  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. 92 and 114; 1948, No. 62; and 1949, Nos. 23, 30, 38 and 106.

2722.—Price 3d. 12/20.6.1950.

 

Civilian registration papers.

5. Regulation 61a of the Postal Regulations is repealed.

6. After regulation 62 of the Postal Regulations the following regulation is inserted :—

Talking-book records transmissible free of postage.

“ 62a. A talking-book record prepared solely for the use of the blind may be conveyed without charge when posted in the Commonwealth for delivery therein if—

(a) it is posted by or addressed to a person, institution, or organization authorized for the purpose by the Postmaster-General ;

(b) it is packed in the manner determined by the Postmaster-General and is enclosed in a container specially provided for the purpose by the person, institution or organization referred to in the last preceding paragraph and incorporating a slot for the secure reception of a card for address purposes ;

(c) the card referred to in the last preceding paragraph bears on one side the printed address of the person, institution or organization referred to in paragraph (a)of this regulation and on the other the address of the person to whom the talking-book record is addressed ;

(d) the container referred to in paragraph (b) of this regulation bears an adhesive label bearing the printed words ‘ Talking-book Record—Solely for the use of the Blind ’, the name and address of the person, institution or organization referred to in paragraph (a) of this regulation and a request for return of the package if undeliverable ; and

(e) the weight of the package does not exceed 11 pounds.”.

Insufficiently prepaid postal articles.

7. Regulation 63 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulations (6.) and (7.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulations :—

“ (6.) The amount of the surcharge to be made on wholly unpaid or insufficiently prepaid letters, letter cards and single post cards, transmissible to places beyond the Commonwealth, shall be double the deficiency in postage and shall be indicated in francs and centimes calculated by the application of such formula as is approved by the Postmaster-General.

“ (7.) The amount to be collected on postal articles surcharged in francs and centimes received from places beyond the Commonwealth shall be calculated by the application of such formula as is approved by the Postmaster-General.”.

 

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