STATUTORY RULES.
1905. No. 31.
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 attached Regulation under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901, namely :—
Telegraphic Regulations : Telegrams within the Commonwealth—Replies may be prepaid,
should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulation to come into operation forthwith as a Provisional Regulation.
Dated this 19th day of May, One thousand nine hundred and five.
NORTHCOTE,
Governor-General
By His Excellency's Command,
S. SMITH.
Telegraphic Regulations—Telegrams within the Commonwealth.
Replies may be prepaid.
The Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901, are hereby amended by making the following addition to the Regulation under the above head :—
" If the addressee of a prepaid telegram refuses, or does not use the reply form, the amount prepaid shall, if the reply form remains in the possession of the Chief Office of the State of destination, be refunded to the sender of the original telegram at the expiration of three months from its date of issue, or at an earlier date if an application for refund is made by the sender."
By Authority : Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer, Melbourne.
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