POST AND TELEGRAPH RATES
(DEFENCE FORCES) (No. 2).

No. 94 of 1940.

An Act to amend the Post and Telegraph Rates (Defence Forces) Act 1939-1940.

[Assented to 17th December, 1940.]

BE it enacted by the King’s 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 Rates (Defence Forces) Act (No. 2) 1940.

(2.) Section one of the Post and Telegraph Rates (Defence Forces) Act 1940 is amended by omitting sub-section (3.).

(3.) The Postal Rates (Defence Forces) Act 1939, as amended by the Post and Telegraph Rates (Defence Forces) Act 1940, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Post and Telegraph Rates (Defence Forces) Act 1939-1940.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Definitions.

3. Section four of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following definition:—

“‘representative of an organization’ means a representative, at any camp, barracks, garrison, training school or other place at which members of the Forces are serving or in training, appointed by any organization which has been authorized by the Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination to provide philanthropic, welfare or medical services for members of the Forces.”.

Rates of postage and rates for telegrams.

4. Sections five and five a of the Principal Act are amended by inserting, after the word “Forces” (wherever occurring), the words “or representative of an organization”.

The Schedule.

5. The Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “MAILS AND TELEGRAMS TO AND FROM MEMBERS OF THE FORCES.”.