Statutory Rules
1975 No. 47
REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1974.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1974.
Dated this twenty-seventh day of March, 1975.
JOHN R. KERR
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
R. F. X. CONNOR
Minister of State for Minerals and Energy for and on behalf of
the Postmaster-General.
Amendments of the Postal Regulation†
Commencement.
1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 April 1975.
Payments for carriage of mill on vessels.
2. (1) Regulation 258 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the words “ Twenty-nine dollars three cents ” and substituting the figures “ $34.36 ”.
(2) Regulation 258 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (2) and substituting the following table:—
Distance of carriage of mail, in Admiralty nautical miles | Rate per tonne of mail |
| $ |
Not more than 3,000 ............................................. | 85.67 |
More than 3,000 but not more than 6,000 ............................... | 166.39 |
More than 6,000 but not more than 9,000 ............................... | 194.75 |
More than 9,000 ................................................ | 204.47 |
* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 1 April 1975.
† Statutory Rules 1935, No. 3, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Postal Regulations see footnote † to Statutory Rules 1975, No. 24 and see also Statutory Rules 1975, No. 24.