{"id":"C2004L09717","name":"Postal, Telegraphic and Telephone Regulations (Amendment) (Provisional)","slug":"postal-telegraphic-and-telephone-regulations-amendment-provisional","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"35 of 1904","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28376,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L09717-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Postal, Telegraphic and Telephone Regulations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) (Provisional)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nSTATUTORY RULES.\n\n1904. No. 35.\n\nPOSTAL REGULATIONS.\n\n![](image.001.png)Town and Suburban Letters.\n\nThe limits within which the rates for town and suburban letters and telegrams 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\n![](image.002.png)By Authority: Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer, Melbourne.\n\nC.6253.—Price 3d.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1538},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This regulation establishes the original distance calculations for town and suburban postal pricing. The scope remains tightly focused on defining geographic limits for postage rates without expanding into unrelated regulatory areas."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with basic arithmetic calculations (1 mile per 3,000 inhabitants)","Minimal defined terms (only 'capital city', 'General Post Office', 'principal post office')","One straightforward savings clause with no nested exceptions or cross-references to other legislation"],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does:** This regulation sets the geographic boundaries for cheaper \"town and suburban\" postage and telegraph rates.\n\n**Who it affects:** Anyone sending letters or telegrams within Australian cities and towns.\n\n**The rules:**\n- **Capital cities:** You pay the cheaper local rate if you're posting within 13 miles of the General Post Office.\n- **Other towns:** You get the cheaper rate if you're within a distance calculated as 1 mile for every 3,000 residents (for example, a town of 9,000 people gets a 3-mile radius). This distance can never exceed 8 miles.\n\n**Important protection:** If your town already had a bigger boundary for cheap rates before this rule started, this regulation won't shrink that boundary back down."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/postal-telegraphic-and-telephone-regulations-amendment-provisional","history":"/api/acts/postal-telegraphic-and-telephone-regulations-amendment-provisional/history","analysis":"/api/acts/postal-telegraphic-and-telephone-regulations-amendment-provisional/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/postal-telegraphic-and-telephone-regulations-amendment-provisional/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/postal-telegraphic-and-telephone-regulations-amendment-provisional/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/postal-telegraphic-and-telephone-regulations-amendment-provisional/documents"}}