EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULE 1982 NO. 402
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Communications.
The Postal and Telegraphic Services (General) Regulations (the Regulations) were made both under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901 and the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1905.
With the repeal of the Post and Telegraph Act 1901, the provisions of the Regulations so far as they were relevant to the operations of the Australian Telecommunications Commission and the Australian Postal Commission were picked up and incorporated in the Telecommunications (General) By-Laws, the Postal Services Regulations and the Postal By-Laws.
The purpose of the Statutory Rule is to formally repeal the Postal and Telegraphic Services (General) Regulations.