STATUTORY RULES
1967 No.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1966.*
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 1901-1966.
Dated this ninth day of November, 1967.
CASEY
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Postmaster General.
Amendments of the Postal Regulations†
Parts.
1. Regulation 2 of the Postal Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting the words—
“Part III.—Letters, Letter-cards and Post-cards (Regulations 11-14).”
and inserting in their stead the words—
“Part III.—Letters, Letter-cards and Post-cards (Regulations 12-14).”; and
(b) by omitting the words—
“Part VII.—Postage (Regulations 55-81).”
and inserting in their stead the words—
“Part VII.—Postage (Regulations 59-81).”.
2. Regulation 5 of the Postal Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
Addressing of postal articles.
“5.—(1.) The Postmaster-General may refuse to transmit a postal article by post—
(a) if the name and address of the person to whom it is to be transmitted—
(i) are not legibly written on the front of its cover; or
(ii) are not so written on the front of its cover as to run parallel to the length of its cover and to leave above the name and address sufficient clear space for the affixing of postage stamps and the marking of a postmark without obscuring the name and address;
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1967.
† 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; 1960, Nos. 75 and 103; 1962, Nos. 106 and 117; 1963, No. 35; 1964, Nos. 124 and 125; 1965, No. 100; and 1966, Nos. 24 and 89; and by Act No. 63, 1967.
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(b) if anything likely to cause delay in its transmission through the post is written or printed on the front of its cover; or
(c) subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, if, when it is posted, its cover has any postage stamps affixed to it that have been obliterated or defaced, has a postmark marked on it or bears any other indication that it might have been previously transmitted through the post.
“(2.) Paragraph (c) of the last preceding sub-regulation does not authorize the Postmaster-General to refuse to transmit by post a postal article that is posted after having been re-addressed in accordance with the Act and these Regulations.”.
Letters.
3. Regulation 11 of the Postal Regulations is repealed.
4. Regulation 54 of the Postal Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
Transparent envelopes etc.
“54.—(1.) The Postmaster-General may refuse to transmit by post a postal article that is enclosed in a ‘cut-out’ envelope, a transparent envelope or an envelope having a transparent panel unless the sender has complied with conditions determined by the Director-General for the purposes of this regulation.
“(2.) The Postmaster-General may refuse to transmit a postal article by post that is addressed to a place in a country other than Australia if the transmission of the article through the post in that other country is prohibited.”.
Repeal.
5. Regulations 55 and 57 of the Postal Regulations are repealed.
6. Regulations 187, 188 and 189 of the Postal Regulations are repealed and the following regulations inserted in their stead:—
Postage on parcels be pre-paid.
“187. Subject to regulation 60 of these Regulations, the Postmaster-General may refuse to transmit a parcel by post if the postage on the parcel is not pre-paid.
Addressing of parcel.
“188. Where the postage on a parcel is pre-paid by means of postage stamps, the Postmaster-General may refuse to transmit the parcel by post unless the postage stamps are affixed either on the side of the cover of the parcel on which the name and address of the person to whom the parcel is to be transmitted are written or on a label that is securely attached to the parcel.”.
7. Regulation 190 of the Postal Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
Parcels not properly packed.
“190. The Postmaster-General may refuse to transmit by post a parcel that is not packed in accordance with these Regulations.”.
Posting of parcels.
8. Regulation 192 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(1.) The Postmaster-General may refuse to transmit by parcel post a parcel that is posted otherwise than by being handed in to an officer at a post office.”.
Despatch of parcels.
9. Regulation 211 of the Postal Regulations is repealed.
By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra