STATUTORY RULES.

1950. No. 91.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1949.*

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 1901-1949.

Dated this twenty-third day of November, 1950.

W. J. McKell

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Postmaster-General.

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Amendments of the Telegraph Regulations.†

Commencement.

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of December, 1950.

Addresses of telegrams.

2. Regulation 17 of the Telegraph Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (4) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation :—

“ (4) A telegram addressed to a person at a registered code address (other than the registrant or a person in the employment of the registrant addressed by his official title, such as ‘Cashier’, ‘Accountant’ or ‘Secretary’) shall not be accepted for transmission unless the word ‘care’ or its equivalent appears immediately before the registered code address.”.

Telephoning of telegrams by subscribers.

3. Regulation 75 of the Telegraph Regulations is amended by omitting the word “Twopence” (wherever occurring) and inserting in its stead the word “Threepence”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1950.

† Statutory Rules 1927, No. 142, as amended by Statutory Rules 1928, Nos. 35, 88 and 97; 1929, Nos. 15 and 128; 1930, Nos. 1, 5, 42, 81, 114 and 129; 1931, Nos. 70, 132 and 136; 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, 87 and 102; 1942, No. 550; 1943, Nos. 215 and 242; 1944, No. 91; 1945; No. 10; 1946, No. 139; 1948, No. 23; and 1949, Nos. 19 and 91.

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

5331.—Price 3d. 10/17.11.1950.