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SR 1958 No. 4 Regulations as made
These Regulations amend the Postal and Telegraphic Services (General) Regulations 1933.
Gazetted 16 Jan 1958
Date of repeal 31 Dec 1982
Repealed by Postal and Telegraphic Services (General) Regulations (Repeal)

STATUTORY RULES.

 

1958. No. 4.

REGULATION UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1950.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1950.

Dated this 9th day of January, 1958.

W. J. Slim

Governor-General.

By His Excellencys Command,

Charles Davidson signature

Postmaster-General.

 

Amendment of the Postal and Telegraphic Services (General) Regulations.†

After regulation 6a of the Postal and Telegraphic Services (General) Regulations the following regulations are inserted:—

Carriage of postal articles across roads, footways, &c.

6b.—(1.) Notwithstanding the provisions of a law of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth, an officer or servant of the Department may, in connexion with—

(a) the collection of postal articles from a post office or from a letter pillar or a box erected for the reception of postal articles; or

(b) the delivery of postal articles to a post office,

carry or place postal articles upon a public street, public road, public footway (whether forming part of a public street, public road or public place or not) or other public place.

Officers, &c., not to disobey certain directions given by policemen.

6c. The last two preceding regulations do not authorize an officer or servant of the Department to disobey a direction given to him by a member of the police force of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth, being a direction which, but for those regulations, the officer or servant would be required by a law of the State or Territory to obey..

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 16th January, 1958.

† Statutory Rules 1933, No. 88, as amended by Statutory Rules 1934, No. 136; 1938, No. 62; 1940, Nos. 101 and 156; 1951, No. 24; 1955, No. 57; and 1956, No. 84.

 

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

6703/57.—Price 3d.                                                                                        9/25.11.1957.