STATUTORY RULES.

1935. No. 53.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1934.*

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 1901-1934.

Dated this twenty-ninth day of May, 1935.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Postmaster-General.

Amendments of the Postal Regulations.†

Mail Notice.

1. Regulation 9 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1) the words “at the General Post Office” and inserting in their stead the words “at a post office”.

Packing of registered articles.

2. Regulation 159 of the Postal Regulations is amended—

(i) by inserting at the end of sub-regulation (1) the following proviso:—

Provided that the provisions of paragraph (b) of this sub-regulation shall not be obligatory in the case of packages tendered for transmission by parcels post and on which, in the case of a registered parcel, only the minimum registration fee is paid, and in the case of a cash-on delivery parcel no registration fee in addition to that included in the prescribed commission is paid.

(ii) by inserting in sub-regulation (3) the word “plain” before the word “gummed”.

Compensation paid for loss, &c.

3. Regulation 161 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this regulation, compensation in respect of packages transmitted by parcels post (including cash-on-delivery parcels) which are posted in an unsealed condition

*Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1935.

†Statutory Rules 1935, No. 3.

2051.—6/20.5.1935.—Price 3d.

shall be payable only in the event of the loss of the entire parcel and in the case of postal articles containing eggs, fish, meat, fruit, vegetables, glass, crockery, gramophone records, greases, liquids, semi-liquids, or anything of an exceptionally fragile nature compensation shall not be payable in respect of—

(i) damage of any kind to the contents; or

(ii) loss of contents through liquefaction or through damage to or breakage of the container.

Registration fees and amount of compensation payable.

4. Regulation 162 is amended by omitting the words “in respect of loss damage or rifling of contents or portion thereof”.

Registration fees and compensation payable in respect of C.O.D. parcels.

5. Regulation 163 is amended—

(i) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the words “in the event of the loss damage or rifling of the contents or portion thereof”;

(ii) by omitting from sub-regulation (2) the words “in respect of loss damage or rifling of contents or portion thereof”.

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