Postal, Telegraphic and Telephone Regulations (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE “POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901.”
I, THE Governor-General in and over the Commonwealth of Australia,
by and with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that,
on account of urgency, the attached amended regulation under the
Registration.—Compensation for loss of Registered Articles should come into immediate operation, and make the amended regulation to come into operation forthwith as a Provisional Regulation.
Dated this fourth day of July, One thousand nine hundred and five.
NORTHCOTE,
Governor-General.
S. SMITH,
By His Excellency’s Command.
REGISTRATION.
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Compensation for loss of Registered Articles.
Regulation 3, under the above head, of the
Regulations under the
3. —(i) Evidence in support of a claim in respect of the loss of a registered article may be given by statutory declaration as follows:—(
a ) A statutory declaration made by or on behalf of the claimant setting forth—(I.) the date when and the place where the article was posted, so far as they can reasonably be ascertained,
(II.) a description of the article and its value, so far as they are known to the claimant, and the fact of the loss, and
(III.) any other particulars required by these regulations or tending to establish the loss of the article or to verify the claim made.
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b )A statutory declaration made by the addressee, or some person who is acquainted with the fact, that neither the registered article nor any enclosure therein has been received by the addressee.(2) The Postmaster-General or the Deputy Postmaster-General may, if he thinks fit, require additional evidence of the loss or value of the article.
By Authority: Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer, Melbourne.
C.6838.—Price 3d.
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