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

STATUTORY RULES.

1909. No. 116.

 

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:—

Parcels Post.

Postage must be pre-paid—Directions as to posting—Prohibited Articles.

Telegraphic Regulations.

Telegrams within the Commonwealth—Counting and Charging—Rectification of Telegrams.

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

Dated this eighth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and nine.

DUDLEY,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

JOHN QUICK.

 

Parcels Post.

Postage must be Prepaid.

The Regulations under this head (Gazette No. 26 of 5th June, 1902, page 248) are amended by inserting at the commencement of the first paragraph thereof the words “Except in cases where authority is given by Regulation for payment of postage by the receiver.”

Directions as to Posting.

Regulation 1 under this head (Gazette No. 26 of 5th June, 1902, page 249) is amended by inserting after the word “Prepaid” the words “(except in cases where authority is given by Regulation for payment of postage by the receiver)”.

Prohibited Articles.

The Regulations under this head (Gazette No. 26 of 5th June, 1902, page 250, as amended by Statutory Rules 1908, No. 111), are amended by inserting after Regulation 1, the following Regulation:—

“1a. (1) The posting of parcels containing wine, spirits, liqueurs, or other alcoholic beverages is prohibited.

“(2) When any parcel posted in contravention of this Regulation is found to contain any alcoholic beverage it shall be sent to the Dead Letter Office for disposal.”

C. 14330.—Price 3d.

Telegraphic Regulations.

Telegrams within the Commonwealth.

Counting and Charging.

Regulation 1a under this head (Statutory Rules 1908, No. 2) is repealed and the following Regulation substituted in lieu thereof:—

“1a. (1) The following shall be deemed to be plain language:—

(a) Words contained in Webster’s English Dictionary, whether the words have a connected meaning or not, and

(b)Words having an intelligible connected meaning, in one or more of the admitted languages (other than English), namely, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish and Latin; also Japanese, if written with English characters and guaranteed to be without secret meaning.

“(2) If there is any doubt on the part of the Receiving Officer that words which do not appear in Webster’s English Dictionary, and which are submitted by the senders as dictionary words, come within that definition, the sender shall be required to show that such words appear in another English dictionary.”

Rectification of Telegrams.

The Regulations under this head (Gazette No. 26 of 5th June, page 257, as amended by Statutory Rules 1906, No. 26), are amended by adding at the end of Regulation 4 thereof the following paragraph:—

“If, however, the receiver of the telegram satisfies the Department that the occurrence of one or more errors in the telegraph service rendered the whole of the words asked for in the request for repetition, doubtful, or unintelligible, the full amount paid for the request for repetition and the reply shall be refunded.”

 

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