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

STATUTORY RULES.

1907. No. 123.

  

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the undermentioned amended Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901, namely:—

Postal Regulations.

Registration.

General Postal Regulations,

Sale of Postage Stamps of one State in another State. Notice of postponement of departure of non-contract vessels, and of non-departure of vessels which have received mails on board.

Money Orders, 5a.

Postal Notes, 6.

Telephone Regulation

Part I., Telephone Exchange,

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

Dated this sixth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and seven.

NORTHCOTE,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

SAMUEL MAUGER.

 

Postal Regulations.

Registration.

The Regulations under this head (Gazette No. 26, of 5th June, 1902) are amended by the addition of the following after Regulation 3:—

4. Registered articles shall be delivered only to the addressee thereof, or to another person presenting a duly witnessed order from such addressee, which order must bear the address of the latter, and the date on which such order is made.

General Postal Regulations.

Sale of postage stamps of one State in another State.

The Regulation under this head (Statutory Rules 1907, No. 75) is repealed, and the following substituted in lieu thereof:—

Sale of postage stamps of one State in another State.

At the General Post Office in each State, postage stamps issued for use in other States of the Commonwealth may be purchased at face value, provided the amount of such stamps purchased at the one

time shall not exceed 4d. Commission will be charged at the following rates on stamps so purchased in excess of 4d. worth, viz.:—

Amount of Stamps Purchased.	Commission.
5d. to 1s. 6d..........................................................	½d.
1s. 7d. to 4s. 6d.....................................................	1d.
4s. 7d. to 5s..........................................................	1½d.
5s. 1d. to 7s. 6d.....................................................	2d.
7s. 7d. to 20s........................................................	3d.

The Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901, published in the Commonwealth Gazette No. 26, of the 5th June, 1902, are amended by the addition of the following after the Regulation headed “Daily Mail Notice,” viz.:—

Notice of postponement of departure of non-contract vessels, and of non-departure of vessels which have received mails on board.

The notices required to be given by masters of vessels pursuant to sub-section two of section seventy-one, and to section seventy-two of the Post and Telegraph Act 1901, shall be in writing.

Money Orders.

The Regulations under this head (Gazette No. 26 of 5th June, 1902) are amended by adding the following after Regulation 5, viz.:—

5a. Payment of a Money Order shall be made only to the payee thereof, or to another person presenting a duly witnessed order from the payee, which order must bear the address of the latter, and the date on which such order is made.

Postal Notes.

Regulation 6 under this head (Statutory Rules 1904, No. 45) is amended by the addition of the following at the end thereof:—

Provided further that, should a Bank refuse to accept without charge a crossed postal note, such note shall, on being presented at a Post Office, be paid, if signed by the person or firm to whom it is made payable, or, in the case of an open postal note, by the person presenting it for payment.

Telephone Regulations,

Part 1.—Telephone Exchanges.

The Regulations under this head (Statutory Rules 1906, No. 114) are amended by inserting the following two paragraphs between the first and second paragraphs of Regulation 22, viz.:—

In cases where subscribers request the removal of instruments to other premises the Postmaster-General may, should be think fit, demand payment in advance of the estimated cost of removal, and the subscriber shall, upon such demand, forthwith pay the amount.

In the event of a subscriber removing from or giving up possession of the premises upon which the telephone is situated, without paying in advance the cost of removing the instruments or making other arrangements approved by the Postmaster-General for the removal or discontinuance of the service, the Postmaster-General may disconnect the telephone and remove any instruments and fittings belonging to him, and notwithstanding such disconnection and removal, may recover from the subscriber the rent and any charges payable to the end of the term agreed upon or which are due under the Regulations.

 

By Authority: J. Kemp, Acting Government Printer, Melbourne.