Postal, Telegraphic and Telephone Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1907. No. 57.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT, 1901.

(Issued provisionally as Statutory Rules 1907, No. 16.)

I, THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the undermentioned amended Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901, namely:—

Money Orders,

to come into operation on the fifteenth day of June, 1907.

Dated this twenty-second day of May, One thousand nine hundred and seven.

HARRY H. RAWSON,

Deputy Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

AUSTIN CHAPMAN.

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Money Orders.

Regulation 4, made by Statutory Rules, 1906, No. 40, is repealed, and the following substituted in lieu thereof:—

4. The rates of commission chargeable for the issue of Money Orders shall be—

If Payable in—	For Sums—
	Not exceeding £ 2		Exceeding £ 2 but not exceeding £ 5		Exceeding £ 5 but not exceeding £ 7.		Exceeding £ 7 but not exceeding £ 10.		Exceeding £ 10 but not exceeding £ 12.		Exceeding £ 12 but not exceeding £ 15.		Exceeding £ 15 but not exceeding £ 17.		Exceeding £ 17 but not exceeding £ 20.
s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
The Commonwealth...................	0	6	0	6	1	0	1	0	1	6	1	6	2	0	2	0
New Zealand and Fiji..................	0	6	1	0	1	6	2	0	2	6	3	0	3	6	4	0
United Kingdom, other British Possessions, and Foreign Countries	6d. for each pound or fraction of a pound.

Regulations 3, 6, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 of the Postal Regulations (published in the Commonwealth Gazette of the 5th June, 1902) under the head “Money Orders” are repealed, and the following substituted in lieu thereof:—

3. Money orders shall be issued and paid as under—

At the Chief Money Order Office of each State—Monday 10 Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon.

At all other Money Order Offices within the Commonwealth daily, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; but offices may be opened and closed at other hours when deemed necessary by the Postmaster-General.

C.6325—Price 3d.

6. No single order payable in the Commonwealth, the United States of America, or Italy, may be issued for more than £20, nor for more than £40 to the United Kingdom (and places viâ the United Kingdom), Germany (and German Protectorates), Canada, Fiji, New Zealand, Cape Colony, Orange River Colony, The Transvaal, Natal, Hong Kong, India, Ceylon (and places viâ Ceylon), the Straits Settlements, and Tonga; to all other places the limit is £10. Two or more orders may be obtained when it is desired to remit larger amounts. No order may contain a fraction of a penny.

14. An order once issued shall not be cancelled, and if repayment, alteration of name of payee, correction of error in name of remitter or payee, or transfer of payment to a different office be required, application must be made on a form provided for the purpose, and obtainable at any money order office. Every such application must be accompanied by postage stamps or a postal note to the value of 6d. in the cases of alteration or correction of name, and to the value of the amount of commission chargeable on an order for a like sum in the cases of repayment or transfer of payment.

15. The remitter of a money order may apply at the issuing office for an alteration in the name of the payee or remitter, and it may be granted, provided the application is in writing, and accompanied by the prescribed fee, and the issuing officer is satisfied that the applicant is the remitter. If a telegraph order, the alteration shall only be sent by post.

16. If it be desired to stop payment of an order payable in the Commonwealth, notice, accompanied by a fee of 6d., must be sent to the office at which the order is payable.

17. If a money order payable in the Commonwealth be lost, a duplicate may be obtained on application to the Chief Money Order Office in the State of payment (or, if the order was issued in the Commonwealth, at the Chief Money Order Office in the State of issue or payment), and on payment of a fee of 6d. Printed forms of application may be obtained at any Money Order Office. In the case of an order payable beyond the Commonwealth, application must be made by the payee to the Chief Money Order Office of the country in which the order is payable.

18. The transfer of a money order payable at any Money Order Office in the Commonwealth to any other Money Order Office in the Commonwealth may be arranged on the following conditions:—

(a) The application must be made by the payee in writing, and be accompanied by the prescribed, fee, and must contain the names of the payee and remitter;

(b) The money order must be enclosed, and be correctly receipted by the payee;

(c) If a telegraph order, it shall only be transferred by post, and on receipt of remitter’s message to payee with an instruction to transfer, or a receipt written thereon property signed by the payee.

19. Repayment of a money order issued in the Commonwealth may be applied for by the remitter. Application must be made in writing, and be accompanied by the prescribed fee, and should be made to the issuing office, if convenient; if not, it may be made direct to the Chief Money Order Office of the State or country of payment. It must be stated on the application if the remitter has the Money Order; but if it be a telegraph order it must be so stated, and the original receipt given by the officer who issued it must be sent with the application. As repayment cannot be made until payment has been cancelled at the office on which the money order was drawn, sufficient time for this must be allowed by the applicant.

 

By Authority: J. Kemp, Acting Government Printer, Melbourne.