STATUTORY RULES.
1921. No. 190.
REGULATIONS
UNDER THE TELEGRAPH ACT 1909.
I, THE
GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the
advice of the Federal Executive Council, do hereby make the following
Regulations under the Telegraph Act 1909,
to come into operation forthwith.
Dated
this twenty-eighth day of September, 1921.
FORSTER,
Governor-General.
By
His Excellency’s Command,
GEO. H. WISE,
Postmaster-General.
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Telegraph
(Detained Appliances) Regulations.
Short title.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Telegraph (Detained
Appliances) Regulations.
Definition.
2. In these Regulations, “detained appliance” means an appliance for
the purpose of transmitting or receiving messages by means of wireless
telegraphy which was taken into possession or control by or on behalf of the
Commonwealth during the existence of the state of war which commenced on the
fourth day of August, One thousand nine hundred and fourteen.
Return of detained appliances.
3. (1) Any detained appliance may be returned to a
person who satisfies the Minister or any officer authorized by the Minister
that he is entitled to delivery of the appliance.
(2)
Notification may be given in the Gazette or
by registered post to the person from whom the detained appliance was received
requiring him to attend at the place where the appliance is stored and to take
delivery thereof within a time fixed by the notice.
Sale of appliances where not claimed.
4. (1) If the person entitled to delivery fails
to remove the appliance within the time specified in the notice, or if the
Minister or the officer authorized as aforesaid is satisfied that any person so
attending is not entitled to delivery thereof, the appliance may be sold either
by public auction or private contract at the owner’s risk.
(2)
The net proceeds of the sale, after deduction of all expenses of sale, may be
paid to any person who satisfies the Minister that he is entitled to the net
proceeds.
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