STATUTORY RULES.
1910. No. 125.
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 undermentioned amended Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901, namely:—
Postal Regulations.
Postcards.—Packets: Terms and Conditions under which Packets may be transmitted within the Commonwealth.—Registration.—Acknowledgment of delivery of registered articles.
General Postal Regulations.
Miscellaneous.
Parcels Post.
Prohibited articles.—Customs Declaration to be made by sender in certain cases.
Telegraphic Regulations.
Telegrams within the Commonwealth.—Inquiries to be paid for.
Telephone Regulations.
Miscellaneous.—Illicit Telephone Lists.
should come into immediate operation, and make the amended Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.
Dated this twenty-ninth day of November, One thousand nine hundred and ten.
DUDLEY,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
JOSIAH THOMAS.
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Postal Regulations.
Post Cards.
Regulation 6 under this head (Statutory Rules 1907, No. 30) is amended by inserting the word “exclusively” after the word “reserved” in the fifth line thereof.
Packets—Terms and conditions under which packets may be transmitted within the Commonwealth.
Regulation I under this head (Gazette No. 26 of 5th June, 1902, page 239) is amended by adding after the figure and letters “1 lb.” in the second line the following words, “except in the case of packets containing bonâ fide samples of wine which may weigh, inclusive of packing, up to 20 ounces.”
C. 18275.—Price 3d
Registration.
Regulation 4 under this head (Statutory Rules 1909, No. 42) is repealed and the following new Regulation inserted in lieu thereof:—
(4) Provided that in all cases where the sender pays the prescribed fee to obtain an acknowledgment of receipt of the article, as provided by Section 38 (2) of the Act, delivery shall be made only to the addressee. In such cases the sender may indorse the cover of the article with the words “to be delivered to addressee only.”
Acknowledgment of delivery of registered articles.
Regulation I under this head (Gazette No. 26 of 5th June, 1902, page 242) is amended by omitting therefrom the words “or other person to whom it is delivered.”
General Postal Regulations.
Miscellaneous.
The Regulations under this head (Gazette No. 26 of 5th June, 1902, page 247) are amended by inserting after Regulation 18 the following Regulation:—
“19. All correspondence must be clearly and legibly addressed in the ordinary way, and nothing may be written or printed on the address side of correspondence which, by tending to prevent the easy and quick reading of the address or in any other way, is likely to embarrass the post-office officials in dealing with it. Contravention of this Regulation may result in correspondence being withheld from delivery. The Department will not undertake to deliver correspondence bearing ‘puzzle’ addresses.”
Parcels Post.
Prohibited Articles.
Regulation 1a under this head (Statutory Rules 1910, No. 36) is repealed, and the following substituted in lieu thereof:—
“1a. (1) The posting of parcels containing wine, spirits, liqueurs, or other alcoholic beverages which—
(a) are not bonâ fide samples not exceeding, in the case of wine, 6 ounces in weight, and in the case of spirits, liqueurs, or other alcoholic beverages, 3 ounces in weight; and
(b) are not securely packed in accordance with the Regulations, and in such a manner that the aggregate weight of the parcel does not exceed, in the case of wines, 20 ounces, and in the case of spirits, liqueurs, or other alcoholic beverages, 10 ounces,
is prohibited.
(2) When any parcel posted in contravention of this Regulation is found to contain any alcoholic beverage, it shall be sent to the Dead Letter Office for disposal.”
Customs Declaration to be made by Sender in certain cases.
Regulation 1 under this head (Gazette No. 26 of 5th June, 1902, page 249) is amended by deleting the words “State of Origin” from the first line and inserting in lieu thereof the word “Commonwealth.”
Telegraphic Regulations.
Telegrams within the Commonwealth.—Inquiries to be paid for.
The Regulation under this head (Gazette No. 26 of 5th June, 1902, page 259) is repealed, and the following Regulations substituted in lieu thereof:—
“Telegraphic Inquiries to be paid for.
“1. Telegraphic inquiries of any nature, and the replies thereto, concerning telegrams, must be paid for.
“2. Officers shall not make any telegraphic inquiries in respect of telegrams supposed to be incorrectly sent or received, in any other way than that prescribed by the Regulation under the head of ‘Rectification of Telegrams.’
“3. If error on the part of the Department is shown to have occurred, the amount paid for inquiry and reply shall be refunded as prescribed by the Regulation under the head of ‘Rectification of Telegrams,’ on written application being made to the Postmaster or officer in charge.”
Telephone Regulations.
Miscellaneous.—Illicit Telephone Lists.
Regulation 126a under this head (Statutory Rules 1910, No. 35) is repealed
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