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

STATUTORY RULES.

1906. No. 12.

 

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE “POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901.”

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

Postal Regulations.—Packets.

Commercial Papers.

Parcels Post.—Insurance of Parcels.

Telegraphic Regulations.—Telegrams within the Commonwealth—Rectification of Telegrams.

should come into immediate operation, and make the amended Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this twenty-third day of January, One thousand nine hundred and six.

NORTHCOTE,

Governor-General,

By His Excellency’s Command,

AUSTIN CHAPMAN.

 

Amendments of Regulations under the “Post and Telegraph Act 1901.”

Postal Regulations.—Packets.

1. Within the Commonwealth and to British New Guinea, New Zealand, and Fiji.

 

Commercial Papers.

The Regulation relating to Commercial Papers shall be amended by inserting the words “Orders for goods” (Instructions as to packing. the route for forwarding and effecting insurance of the goods may be added) between the paragraph relating to Obliterated postage stamps, and that relating to pay-sheets.

C.1140.—Price 3d.

 

Parcels Post.

Insurance of Parcels.

The Regulations relating to Insurance of Parcels shall be amended by adding to clause 13 the words “or from causes beyond control (e.g., tempest, shipwreck, earthquake, war, &c.)”.

 

Telegraphic Regulations.

Telegrams within the Commonwealth.

rectification of telegrams.

The Regulations relating to Rectification of telegrams shall be amended by substituting the following for clause 4 thereof, viz. :—

The money paid for the repetition shall be refunded should such repetition show that the error was made in the original telegram, but shall be retained should no error have been made. When some words have been correctly, and some incorrectly reproduced in the first telegram, the charge for the “request” for repetition and half the cost of the reply shall be refunded. No refund shall be made for words written in a doubtful manner, nor shall any claim be entertained for refund of cost of consequential telegrams, that is, private telegrams which the addressee or sender causes to be sent in connexion with any supposed error in a telegram.

 

By Authority: Robt. S. Brain