Postal Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1932. No. 97.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1923.

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 1901-1923, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this seventh day of September, 1932.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. E. FENTON

Postmaster-General.

 

Amendment of the Postal Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1927, No. 144, as amended to this date.)

1. Regulations 79 and 80 are repealed and the following regulations inserted in their stead:—

79.—(1.) A postal article other than a newspaper may bear on the cover an endorsement requesting that if undeliverable it be returned to the sender. The endorsement shall be in the following form:—

“If not delivered within............. days return to.................................... ”.

(2.) The request for return shall specify a number of days not fewer than seven nor more than thirty. The endorsement shall contain the sender’s name and address unless he be a private box holder, in which case the private box number should be given instead of the sender’s street address.

(3.) If a postal article bearing such endorsement be undelivered at the expiration of the time specified or at the expiration of the time prescribed in the next succeeding regulation, whichever is the lesser, it shall thereupon be returned direct to the sender.

80.—(1.) An undelivered postal article (except a parcel or an article referred to in sub-regulation (2.) of this regulation) shall—

(a) if posted within the Commonwealth for delivery therein, be retained at the office of destination as follows:—

(i) if addressed to a fixed address, i.e., to a street, road, institution, farm, station, &c.—8 days:

Provided that the article shall be retained for one calendar month when the Postmaster knows

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that the addressee is residing in the locality served by his office, or has good reason to believe that the article will be called for during that period;

(ii) if addressed only to a post town, i.e., when only the name of the addressee and that of the post town appear in the address—14 days:

Provided that the article shall be retained for one calendar month when the Postmaster knows that the addressee is residing in the locality served by his office, or has good reason to believe that the article will be called for during that period:

Provided further that when the article is addressed to a person who previously resided in the locality and the Postmaster knows that such person has permanently left the district, the period of retention of the article shall be 8 days;

(iii) if addressed to a post office, i.e., when the name of the addressee, the words “Post Office” and the name of the post town appear in the address—one calendar month:

Provided that when the article is addressed to a person who previously resided in the locality and the Postmaster knows that such person has permanently left the district, the period of detention of the article shall be 8 days;

(iv) if addressed to a person on board a ship—one calendar month.

(b) if received from a place outside the Commonwealth, be retained at the office of destination for one calendar month,

and if still undelivered at the expiration of such period shall be transmitted to the Dead Letter Office unless the article bears an endorsement on the cover as prescribed in regulation 79, in which case it shall be returned direct to the sender.

(2.) A postal article which—

(a) bears no address;

(b) bears an illegible address;

(c) is for any reason refused by the addressee;

(d) is addressed to a deceased person and the provisions of regulation 70 do not apply;

(e) is returned to the post office as undeliverable by the proprietor of an hotel, lodging house, &c., or by a consul;

shall not be retained at the office of destination but shall without delay be transmitted to the Dead Letter Office unless the article bears an endorsement on the cover as prescribed in regulation 79, in which case it shall be immediately returned to the sender.

 

(3.) Undeliverable postal articles, other than newspapers, transmitted to the Dead Letter Office in accordance with the last preceding sub-regulation shall—

(a) if they were posted in the Commonwealth, be returned to the sender if such be practicable;

(b) if they were posted in another country, be dealt with in accordance with the arrangement made with the country of origin.

(4.) Except as provided in the next succeeding sub-regulation, undelivered newspapers shall not be returned to the senders.

(5.) Provided the cover or wrapper bears in print the inscription required by the Postmaster-General, an undelivered newspaper posted by the proprietor, publisher, or vendor thereof, shall be returned to the sender on payment of postage at the ordinary rate for newspapers.

2. Regulation 81 is repealed.

 

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