{"id":"C1905L00063","name":"Postal, Telegraphic and Telephone Regulations (Amendment)","slug":"postal-telegraphic-and-telephone-regulations-amendment","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"63 of 1905","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":20213,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1905L00063-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Postal, Telegraphic and Telephone Regulations (Amendment)","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1905\\. No. 63.\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901.\n\n(Issued provisionally as Statutory Rules 1904, No. 35.)\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the undermentioned Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901, namely:—\n\nTown and Suburban Letters,\n\nto come into operation on the 2nd day of October, 1905.\n\nDated this fourteenth day of April, One thousand nine hundred and five.\n\nNORTHCOTE,\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nAUSTIN CHAPMAN.\n\n———\n\nPOSTAL REGULATIONS.\n\n—\n\ntown and Suburban Letters.\n\nThe limits within which the rates for town and suburban letters have effect shall be—\n\n(a) In the case of the capital city of a State, the area within a radius not exceeding 13 miles from the General Post Office of the State; and\n\n(b) In the case of any other city or town, the area within a radius, from the principal post office of the city or town, of 1 mile for every 3,000 inhabitants of the city or town and its suburbs; but not exceeding in any case a distance of 8 miles from such principal post office.\n\nNothing in this Regulation shall diminish any limits within which the rates for town and suburban letters were in force at the commencement of this Regulation.\n\nBy Authority: Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer, Melbourne.\n\nC.9600.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2076},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation is narrowly focused on its stated purpose of defining postal zones for town and suburban letter rates. Despite the broad title referencing telegraphs and telephones, this 1905 amendment specifically and exclusively addresses the geographic limits for discounted postage, consistent with its subject heading and provisional issuance history."},"complexity_factors":["Two-tier geographic classification (capital cities vs other towns)","Simple population-based mathematical formula (1 mile per 3,000 inhabitants)","Ceiling cap on calculation (8 miles maximum)","Single savings clause preserving pre-existing larger zones","Approximately 100 words of operative text"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation fixes how far from a post office you may be and still pay the reduced “town and suburban” letter rate instead of full inter-town postage. In capital cities the cheap rate covers a 13‑mile radius from the GPO; in other towns it grants 1 mile of coverage per 3,000 residents, capped at 8 miles. Pre‑existing larger zones as of 2 Oct 1905 are preserved. This matters to senders, businesses and outer‑suburban residents."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/postal-telegraphic-and-telephone-regulations-amendment","history":"/api/acts/postal-telegraphic-and-telephone-regulations-amendment/history","analysis":"/api/acts/postal-telegraphic-and-telephone-regulations-amendment/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/postal-telegraphic-and-telephone-regulations-amendment/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/postal-telegraphic-and-telephone-regulations-amendment/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/postal-telegraphic-and-telephone-regulations-amendment/documents"}}