STATUTORY RULES.

1962. No. 117.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1961.*

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 1901-1961.

Dated this twenty-first day of December, 1962.

DE L’ISLE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Signature of Charles Davidson

Postmaster-General.

 

Amendments of the Postal Regulations.†

Return of Postal articles.

1. Regulation 8 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (8.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(8.) Where a fee for air mail transmission or for special delivery service has been paid on a postal article which is returned in accordance with this regulation and the stamps denoting any such payment have been cancelled, the amount of that fee may be refunded if no portion of the air mail transmission or special delivery service has been effected.”.

Payment of postage otherwise than by sender.

2. Regulation 60 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (4.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(4.) A person shall not send by post to any other person an article bearing an inscription or in which is enclosed a statement to the effect that, if that article, another article enclosed with that article or any other article is posted by the last-mentioned person, the postage will be paid by a person other than that last-mentioned person unless the Postmaster-General has, in pursuance of this regulation, allowed payment by a person other than the sender of the postage payable on that article.”.

Application for licence to use franking machine.

3. Regulation 73 of the Postal Regulations is amended by inserting in sub-regulation (2.), after the words “, the applicant shall give”, the words “, if required to do so by the Postmaster-General,”.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 24th December, 1962.

† Statutory Rules 1935, No. 3, as amended by Statutory Rules 1935, Nos. 53, 70, 80 and 95; 1936, 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 232; 1942, Nos. 5, 313, 439 and 554; 1943, Nos. 57, 94, 122, 237 and 286; 1944, No. 145; 1945, No. 194; 1946, Nos. 131 and 149; 1947, Nos. 91 and 114; 1948, No. 62; 1949, Nos. 23, 30, 38 and 106; 1950, Nos. 49 and 93; 1951, Nos. 22 and 72; 1952, No. 38; 1953, No. 81; 1954, No. 52; 1955, No. 28; 1956, Nos. 31 and 67; 1957, No. 38; 1959, Nos. 7, 21, 26, 63 and 85; and 1960, Nos. 75 and 103.

9348/62.—Price 3d.       10/8.11.1962.


Granting of licence to use.

4. Regulation 74 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “, upon security being given by the applicant in accordance with the last preceding regulation,”.

Redirection of postal articles.

5. Regulation 97 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting paragraphs (b) and (c) from sub-regulation (5.) and inserting in their stead the following paragraph:—

“(b) the article has the appearance of having been opened or tampered with.”.

Compensation for loss, damage or rifling of sealed articles and for loss of unsealed articles.

6. Regulation 165 of the Postal Regulations is amended by inserting after sub-regulation (1.) the following sub-regulations:—

“(1a.) Where the Postmaster-General is satisfied that a registered postal article posted in Norfolk Island, the Territory of Papua, the Territory of New Guinea or the Island of Nauru for transmission to the Commonwealth was lost, or the contents thereof, whether in whole or in part, were lost, damaged or rifled, while the article was in his custody, compensation shall, subject to this regulation, be payable in accordance with these Regulations in respect of the loss, damage or rifling.

“(1b.) Payment of compensation under the last preceding; sub-regulation may be made to the person to whom the registered postal article is addressed where the sender of the article, by instrument in writing, waives, in favour of that person, his claim for compensation.”.

Compensation for loss of registered article addressed to, or posted in, a place beyond the Commonwealth.

7. Regulation 172 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(1.) Where the Postmaster-General is satisfied that a registered postal article—

(a) addressed to a place beyond the Commonwealth (other than Norfolk Island, the Territory of Papua, the Territory of New Guinea and the Island of Nauru); or

(b) posted in a place beyond the Commonwealth (other than Norfolk Island, the Territory of Papua, the Territory of New Guinea and the Island of Nauru),

was lost while in his custody, the Postmaster-General may pay to the sender compensation not exceeding Three pounds twelve shillings and sixpence.

“(1a.) Payment of compensation under this regulation may be made, in respect of a registered postal article referred to in paragraph (b) of the last preceding sub-regulation, to the person to whom the registered postal article is addressed where the sender of the article, by instrument in writing, waives, in favour of that person, his claim for compensation.”.

Compensation for lost of registered article posted overseas.

8. Regulation 173 of the Postal Regulations is repealed.

 

By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.