Post and Telegraph Act 1960

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POST AND TELEGRAPH.

 

No. 85 of 1960.

An Act to repeal section twenty-one of the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1950 and to repeal the Post and Telegraph Rates (Defence Forces) Act 1939-1940.

[Assented to 13th December, 1960.]

BE it enacted by the Queens Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and  the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Post and Telegraph Act 1960.

(2.) The Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1950, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1960.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.

Postage on letters of sailors, soldiers, &c.

3. Section twenty-one of the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1950 is repealed.

Repeal of Post and Telegraph Rates (Defence Forces) Act.

4. The following Acts are repealed:—

Postal Rates (Defence Forces) Act 1939;

Post and Telegraph Rates (Defence Forces) Act 1940;

Post and Telegraph Rates (Defence Forces) Act (No. 2) 1940.

 

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