Postal, Telegraphic and Telephone Regulations (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS 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 Regulations under the
Postal Regulations.
Packets.—1. Within the Commonwealth and to Papua (British New Guinea), New Zealand, and Fiji. Terms and conditions under which Packets may be transmitted within the Commonwealth. 2. To the United Kingdom and Foreign Countries. 3. Patterns and Samples.
General Postal Regulations.
should come into immediate operation, and make the amended Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.
Dated this 20th day of July, One thousand nine hundred and eleven.
DUDLEY,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
JOSIAH THOMAS.
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Postal Regulations.
The regulation under this head (
1. Within the Commonwealth and to Papua (British New Guinea), New Zealand, and Fiji. Terms and conditions under which Packets may be transmitted within the Commonwealth.
Regulation 3 under this head (
Pathological specimens addressed to laboratories approved by the Postmaster-General may be accepted for transmission by registered packet post, under the following conditions, viz.:—
On the outside of every such packet there shall be written or printed the words “Specimen for Bacteriological Examination.”
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The liquid or substance forwarded for examination must be enclosed in a receptacle hermetically sealed, which receptacle must itself be placed in a strong wooden, leather, or metal case, in such a way that it cannot shift about, and with a sufficient quantity of some absorbent material (such as sawdust or cotton wool) so packed about the receptacle as absolutely to prevent any possible leakage from the packet in the event of damage to the receptacle.
The package must on no account be dropped into a letter-box or be sent by parcel post. Any packet of the kind found in the parcel post, or any packet of the kind, whether registered or not, found in the post, not packed as directed, shall be deemed to be posted in contravention of the
Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1910 and dealt with accordingly.Any person who sends by post pathological specimens otherwise than as provided by these regulations shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Fifty pounds.
A packet containing any pathological specimens shall not be accepted for transmission, or, if found in the post, shall not be delivered unless addressed to a laboratory which has been granted a permit by the Postmaster-General to receive specimens for bacteriological examination.
2.To the United Kingdom and Foreign Countries.
3. Patterns and Samples.
The regulations under this head (
(1) by inserting at the commencement of Regulation 1, the words “Except as provided in Regulations 8 and 9hereunder” (2) by inserting at the end of Regulation 8 the following paragraph:—
Pathological specimens addressed to the General Superintendent, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, and sent by registered medical or veterinary practitioners, or by recognised pathological or related scientific laboratories may, if securely packed in tubes enclosed in wooden cases, be forwarded by sample post.
General Postal Regulations.
Regulation 9a under this head (Statutory Rules 1904, No. 81) is amended by inserting at the commencement thereof the following words:—
In cases where sufficient reason is shown, and where the concession can be granted without undue interference with the public business.
Printed and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by J. Kemp, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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