STATUTORY RULES

1970 No. 122

REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1968.*

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 1901-1968.

Dated this first day of September, 1970.

Paul Hasluck

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Sgd. Alan S. Hulme

Postmaster-General.

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AMENDMENTS OF THE POSTAL REGULATIONS

1. Regulation 117 of the Postal Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Re-purchase of stamps for payment for certain licences or for a telephone account.

“117. Notwithstanding the last preceding regulation, wh4ere undefaced postage stamps are affixed to a card issued by the Postmaster-General for the purpose of having affixed to it postage stamps in payment or part payment for—

(a) a broadcast listener’s licence or a television viewer’s licence under the Broadcasting and Television Act 1942-1969; or

(b) the rental and other fees payable in respect of a telephone service by the subscriber for the service,

and the amount payable by the Commonwealth upon re-purchasing the stamps is to be applied in payment or part payment for such a licence or for the rental and other fees in respect of such a service, as the case may be, the postage stamps affixed to the card may be re-purchased by the Commonwealth at the face value of the stamps.”.

Acknowledgment of delivery.

2. Regulation 196 of the Postal Regulations is repealed.

Accrued charges on parcels returned from abroad.

3. Regulation 210 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “Forty shillings” and inserting in their stead the words “Four dollars”.

Compensation and further payment.

4. Regulation 241 of the Postal Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(3.) The last two preceding sub-regulations do not prevent payment of a money order being made by the Department in a case where payment of the money order has previously been made by the Department if the Postmaster-General has authorized the further payment to be made on the grounds that special circumstances justify the making of the further payment.”.

Notices by masters of vessels.

5. Regulation 259 of the Postal Regulations is repealed.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1970.

† Statutory Rules 1935, No. 3 as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Postal Regulations, see footnote † to Statutory Rules 1970, No.               , and see also Statutory Rules 1970, No.

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