STATUTORY RULES.

1964. No. 125

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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 seventeenth day of September, 1964.

DE L’ISLE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Alan Hulme

Postmaster-General.

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Amendments of the Postal Regulations.†

Commencement.

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of October, 1964.

Articles addressed to “The Householder”.

2. Regulation 90 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulations (1.), (2.) and (3.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(1.) Postal articles other than postal articles referred to in item 2 or item 3 of the First Schedule to the Rates Act that are not addressed to specified persons but bear the words ‘The Householder’ or some similar words may, subject to this regulation, be accepted for transmission by post and for delivery from any post office from which postal articles are delivered by postman or by mail contractor.

“(2.) All articles for delivery from the one post office shall be tied in bundles or placed in containers and there shall be attached to each bundle or container a label specifying the name of that post office.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 21st September, 1964.

† Statutory Rules 1935, No. 3, as amended by Statutory Rule 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; 1960, Nos. 75 and 103; 1962, Nos. 106 and 117; 1963, No. 35, and 1964, No. 124.

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“(3.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, after arrival at that post office, one of the articles shall (so far as the number posted will permit) be delivered to each house within the area within which postal articles are delivered by postman or mail contractor.

“(3a.) Articles posted in accordance with this regulation may be detained at the office from which they are to be delivered until they are able to be delivered without delay to the delivery of other postal articles.”.

Rates of postage for parcels.

3. Regulation 213 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “The following rates of postage” and inserting in their stead the words “Subject to the next succeeding regulation, the following rates of postage”.

4. After regulation 213 of the Postal Regulations, the following regulation is inserted:—

“213a.—(1.) This regulation applies to parcels that—

(a) do not contain articles in respect of which a rate of postage is fixed by item 2 or item 3 in the First Schedule to the Rates Act;

Rates of postage for parcels—“Householder service”.

(b) are not addressed to specified persons but bear the words ‘The Householder’ or some similar words; and

(c) are posted in bulk for delivery within the Commonwealth.

“(2.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, the postage payable in respect of articles to which this regulation applies—

(a) is an amount equal to seven-tenths of the amount of postage that, but for this regulation, would be payable in respect of the parcels; and

(b) shall be prepaid in cash.

“(3.) Where the amount of postage ascertained in accordance with the last preceding sub-regulation includes a fraction of a penny, that fraction shall be disregarded.”.

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