STATUTORY RULES.

1946. No. 139.

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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 twenty-third day of August, 1946.

HENRY

Governor-General.

By His Royal Highness’s Command,

D. CAMERON

Postmaster-General.

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Amendment to the Telegraph Regulations.†

Commencement.

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of September, 1946.

2. Regulation 57 of the Telegraph Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Re-direction and re-transmission of telegrams.

“57.—(1.) A telegram may be redirected and retransmitted from one office to another within the Commonwealth on the written request of the addressee or his representative or, in the absence of any such request, the telegram may be redirected and retransmitted officially when it is learnt by the Department’s officers that the addressee has moved to a new address which is known.

“(2.) A telegram for retransmission shall bear the remarks ‘Retransmitted from’ followed by the name of the office redirecting the telegram.

“(3.) No additional charge shall be made for the retransmission of a telegram by telegraph on for its redirection by post within the Commonwealth.

“(4.) The retransmission by telegraph of a Commonwealth telegram to a place outside the Commonwealth shall be subject to the telegraphic charges involved having been prepaid by the sender or addressee or the representative of either.

“(5.) Written notices of removal and instructions respecting the delivery of telegrams during periods when the addressee’s place of business is closed shall be registered free of charge.”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 29th August, 1946.

† Statutory Rules 1927, No. 142, as amended by Statutory Rules 1928, Nos. 35, 58 and 97; 1929, Nos. 15 and 128; 1930, Nos. 1, 5, 42, 81, 114 and 129; 1931, Nos. 70, 182 and 186; 1933, Nos. 102 and 127; 1934, Nos. 24, 113 and 137; 1935, No. 77; 1938, No. 63; 1939, Nos. 14 and 84; 1940, Nos. 50, 57 and 102; 1942, No. 550; 1943, Nos. 215 and 242; 1944, No. 91; and 1945, No. 10.

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

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