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

STATUTORY RULES.

1909. No. 57.

 

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:—

General Postal Regulations.

Letters and Packets liable to Customs Duty;

Postal Regulations.

Registration;

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

Dated this twenty-sixth day of May, One thousand nine hundred and nine.

DUDLEY,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

JOSIAH THOMAS.

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General Postal Regulations.

Letters and Packets liable to Customs Duty.

The regulations under this head (Statutory Rules, 1908, No. 7) are repealed and the following regulations substituted in lieu thereof:—

Postal Articles liable to Customs Duty.

1. Any letter—

(a)received from a place beyond the Commonwealth; or

(b)posted at any post office within the Commonwealth, which is suspected to contain any article on which Customs duty is payable, shall before delivery be opened by the addressee or his representative for examination by an Officer of Customs, and if it is found to contain any such article the duty thereon as assessed by the Officer of Customs shall be paid before the letter is delivered to the addressee.

 

2. Any postal article not being a letter—

(a)received from a place beyond the Commonwealth; or

(b)posted at any post office within the Commonwealth, which is suspected to contain any article on which Customs duty is payable, may be opened for examination, and if it is found to contain any such article the duty thereon as assessed by an Officer of Customs shall be paid before the postal article is delivered to the addressee.

3. Any postal article containing any article forwarded in contravention of any Customs Act or regulation thereunder shall be forwarded to the Collector of Customs to be dealt with according to law.

4. Nothing in these regulations shall prejudice or prevent the taking of any proceedings or the seizure or forfeiture of any goods for any contravention of any Customs Act or regulation thereunder.

Postal Regulations.

Registration.

Regulation 1 under this head (Gazette, No. 26, of 5th June, 1902, and Statutory Rules, 1904, No. 45) is repealed and the following substituted in lieu thereof:—

1. Any letter, letter card, post card, packet, or newspaper, complying with the regulations relating thereto, and bearing the registration fee of 3d. in addition to the correct amount of postage, shall be accepted for registration. No letter, letter card, post card, packet, or newspaper, addressed in pencil or (unless addressed to the care of some person) to initials or a fictitious name, shall be accepted for registration.

 

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