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

STATUTORY RULES.

1912. No. 78.

PROVISIONAL REGULATION UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1910.

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 Regulation under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1910, namely:—

Postal Regulations.

Newspapers.

should come into immediate operation, and make the amended Regulation to come into operation forthwith as a provisional Regulation.

Dated this 19th day of April, One thousand nine hundred and twelve.

DENMAN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

E. FINDLEY.

 

Postal Regulations.

Newspapers.

The regulations under this head (Gazette No. 26, of 5th June, 1902, page 242) are amended by inserting after Regulation 1 the following regulation:—

“1A. The Deputy Postmaster-General of any State may, when revising the register as provided by Section 29 of the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1910, call upon the proprietor, printer, or publisher of any newspaper appearing therein to furnish evidence by statutory declaration as to the total percentage of copies issued which are sold to bonâ fide subscribers who have ordered the paper, or which are handed or posted to persons for bonâ fide sale, and any other particulars which are, in his opinion, necessary to enable him to determine whether the newspaper should be removed from the register or not.

 

Printed and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by J. Kemp, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.

C.4486.—Price 3d.