STATUTORY RULES.

1942. No. 313.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1934.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1934.

Dated this eighth day of July, 1942.

(SGD.) GOWRIE.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Postmaster-General.

Amendments of the Postal Regulations.†

1. Regulation 73 of the Postal Regulations is amended—

Application for licence to use franking machine.

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “with two sureties, or alternatively with an approved guarantee company as surety, to the satisfaction of the Postmaster-General” and inserting in their stead the words “in accordance with such form as the Postmaster-General determines”; and

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (3.).

2. After regulation 80 of the Postal Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Recovery of loss of revenue.

“80a. The amount of any loss to the revenue of the Commonwealth arising from the improper use of a franking machine or meter or the failure of the meter accurately to record the value of the impressions made by the franking machine shall be a debt due to the Commonwealth from the user of the franking machine and shall be recoverable in any court of competent jurisdiction.”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1942.

† Statutory Rules 1935, No. 3, as amended by Statutory Rules 1935, Nos. 53, 70, 80 and 95; 1933, Nos. 50 and 113; 1937, Nos. 13, 35, 37 and 48; 1938, Nos. 2, 55, 94 and 100; 1939, Nos. 44, 57 and 66; 1940, Nos. 1 and 238; and 1942, No. 5.

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.

3917.—Price 3d. 20/28.5.1942.