Section 29 - Post and Telegraph Regulations Act 1973 - Regulation 247 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting the table and substituting the following table:—

29 Regulation 247 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting the table and substituting the following table:—

Column 1 Denomination in dollars	Column 2 Charge in cents	Column 1 Denomination in dollars	Column 2 Charge in cents	Column 1 Denomination in dollars	Column 2 Charge in cents
0.10...........	8	0.60 ........	8	2.00 ........	15
0.15 ..........	8	0.65 ........	8	3.00 ........	15
0.20 ..........	8	0.70 ........	8	4.00 ........	15
0.25 ..........	8	0.75 ........	8	5.00 ........	15
0.30 ..........	8	0.80 ........	8	6.00 ........	15
0.35 ..........	8	0.85 ........	8	7.00 ........	15
0.40 ..........	8	0.90 ........	8	8.00 ........	15
0.45 ..........	8	0.95 ........	8	9.00 ........	15
0.50 ..........	8	1.00 ........	15	10.00 ........	15
0.55 ..........	8			20.00 ........	30

Regulation 258 of the Postal Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:—

Payments for carriage of mail on vessels.

“258. (1) For the purposes of sub-section (7) of section 67 of the Act, the rate in respect of the carriage of mail on a vessel to a port or place within Australia is Twenty-nine dollars three cents per tonne.

“(2) For the purposes of sub-section (7) of section 67 of the Act, the rates in respect of the carriage of mail on a vessel to a port or place without Australia are as set out in the following table:—

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:29.75pt"><td style="width:341.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:middle">Distance of carriage of mail, in Admiralty nautical miles</td><td style="width:125pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle">Rate per ton of mail</td></tr><tr style="height:19.2pt"><td style="width:341.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top"></td><td style="width:125pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom">$</td></tr><tr style="height:3.5pt"><td style="width:341.5pt; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top">not more than 3,000....................................</td><td style="width:125pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom">65.11</td></tr><tr style="height:8.4pt"><td style="width:341.5pt; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top">more than 3,000 but not more than 6,000.......................</td><td style="width:125pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom">126.45</td></tr><tr style="height:7.7pt"><td style="width:341.5pt; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top">more than 6,000 but not more than 9,000.......................</td><td style="width:125pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom">148.00</td></tr><tr style="height:17.3pt"><td style="width:341.5pt; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top">more than 9,000.......................................</td><td style="width:125pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:top">155.38</td></tr><tr style="height:44.65pt"><td colspan="2" style="width:467.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top">“(5) Notwithstanding sub-regulations (2) and (3), for the purposes of sub-section (7) of section 67 of the Act, where, during the year commencing on 1 January 1974, mail is taken on board a vessel for carriage to a port or place without Australia, the rates in respect of the carriage are as set out in the following table:—</td></tr><tr style="height:28.8pt"><td style="width:341.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:middle">Distance of carriage of mail, in Admiralty nautical miles</td><td style="width:125pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle">Rate per tonne of mail</td></tr><tr style="height:19.2pt"><td style="width:341.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top"></td><td style="width:125pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle">$</td></tr><tr style="height:11.65pt"><td style="width:341.5pt; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:bottom">not more than 3,000....................................</td><td style="width:125pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle">66.64</td></tr><tr style="height:8.9pt"><td style="width:341.5pt; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:bottom">more than 3,000 but not more than 6,000.......................</td><td style="width:125pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle">129.43</td></tr><tr style="height:7.2pt"><td style="width:341.5pt; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:bottom">more than 6,000 but not more than 9,000.......................</td><td style="width:125pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle">151.49</td></tr><tr style="height:17.5pt"><td style="width:341.5pt; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top">more than 9,000.......................................</td><td style="width:125pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle">159.05</td></tr><tr style="height:42.7pt"><td colspan="2" style="width:467.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top">“(6) Notwithstanding sub-regulations (2) and (3), for the purposes of sub-section (7) of section 67 of the Act, where, during the year commencing 1 January 1975, mail is taken on board a vessel for carriage to a port or place without Australia, the rates in respect of the carriage are as set out in the following table:—</td></tr><tr style="height:28.8pt"><td style="width:341.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:middle">Distance of carriage of mail, in Admiralty nautical miles</td><td style="width:125pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle">Rate per tonne of mail</td></tr><tr style="height:18.95pt"><td style="width:341.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top"></td><td style="width:125pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle">$</td></tr><tr style="height:4pt"><td style="width:341.5pt; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:bottom">not more than 3,000 ....................................</td><td style="width:125pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle">69.64</td></tr><tr style="height:7.9pt"><td style="width:341.5pt; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:bottom">more than 3,000 but not more than 6,000.......................</td><td style="width:125pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle">135.25</td></tr><tr style="height:7.7pt"><td style="width:341.5pt; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:bottom">more than 6,000 but not more than 9,000.......................</td><td style="width:125pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle">158.31</td></tr><tr style="height:19.9pt"><td style="width:341.5pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top">more than 9,000.......................................</td><td style="width:125pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:top">166.21</td></tr></tbody></table> ```

Provision	Amendment
Regulation 2.....................	Omit “books”.
Regulation 3a ...................	Omit “one pound” (wherever occurring), substitute “500 grams ”.
Regulation 3a (d).................	Omit “item 2, item 3 or item 4 in Part I., or item 2 in Part II., of the First Schedule ”, substitute “item 2 or 3 in Part I of Schedule 1”,
Regulation 7 (1)..................	(a) Omit “ the First Schedule ”, substitute “ Schedule 1 ”
	(b) Omit “one ounce”, substitute “ 20 grams ”.
Regulation 7 (2)..................	Omit “Fifteen cents”, substitute “Twenty cents”.
Regulation 16 (2).................	Omit “two ounces”, substitute “ 50 grams ”.
Regulation 19 (1) and (2)............	Omit “item 5 in Part I. of the First Schedule”, substitute “item 4 in Part I of Schedule 1”.
Regulation 22 (1).................	Omit “item 5 in Part I. of the First Schedule”, substitute “item 4 in Part I of Schedule 1”.
Heading immediately preceding regulation 26	Omit “BOOKS”.
Regulation 26....................	Omit “as a book”.
Regulation 27(1)..................	Omit “books,”.
Regulation 32(1)..................	Omit “item 2, item 3 or item 4 in Part I. of the First Schedule”, substitute “item 2 or 3 in Part I of Schedule 1”.
Regulation 32(3)..................	Omit “28 lb”, substitute “13 kilograms ”.
Regulation 37(1)..................	Omit “item 2, item 3 or item 4 in Part I. of the First Schedule”, substitute “item 2 or 3 in Part I of Schedule 1”.
Regulation 37(3)..................	Omit “28 lb”, substitute “13 kilograms ”.
Regulation 53(2)..................	Omit “Fifty cents”, substitute “Sixty cents”.
Regulation 85(1)..................	Omit “three-quarters of a mile”, substitute “1.2 kilometres”.
Regulation 90 (1).................	Omit “item 2, item 3 or item 4 in Part I. of the First Schedule”, substitute “item 2 or 3 in Part I of Schedule 1”.
Regulation 91a(1a)................	Omit “the First Schedule”, substitute “Schedule 1”.
Regulation 91a(2)(a)...............	(a) Omit “the First Schedule”, substitute “Schedule 1”.
	(b) Omit “Forty cents”, substitute “Fifty cents”.
Regulation 91a(2)(b) ...............	Omit “sixty cents”, substitute “Seventy cents”.
Regulation 91b...................	Omit “forty cents”, substitute “Fifty cents”.
Regulation 96....................	Omit “Twenty cents”, substitute “Thirty cents”.
Regulation 114(e).................	Omit “five and one-half inches by three and one-half inches”, substitute “140 millimetres by 90 millimetres”.
Regulation 129(1)(a)...............	Omit “One hundred and thirty-five dollars”, substitute “Two hundred dollars”.
Regulation 129(1)(b)...............	Omit “Two hundred dollars”, substitute “Three hundred dollars”.
Regulation 129(2)(a)(b) .............	Omit “Twenty-seven dollars”, substitute “Fifty dollars”.
Regulation 129(2)(c)...............	Omit “Fifty-four dollars”, substitute “One hundred dollars”
Regulation 131(1)(a)...............	(a) Omit “Elizabeth Street”, substitute “Spencer Street”.
	(b) Omit “32.00”, substitute “50.00”.
	(c) Omit “24.00”, substitute “36.00”.
	(d) Omit “12.00”, substitute “21.00”.
Regulation 131(1a)................	Omit “(b)”, substitute “(c)”.
Regulation 131(1b)................	Omit “Two dollars fifty cents”, substitute “Four dollars”.
Regulation 134(b).................	Omit “Twelve dollars”, substitute “Twenty-one dollars”.
Regulation 141...................	Omit “three-quarters of a mile”, substitute “1.2 kilometres”.
Regulation 142...................	Omit “three-quarters of a mile” (wherever occurring), substitute “1.2 kilometres”.
Regulation 143(1).................	(a) Omit “Eight dollars” (wherever occurring), substitute “Twelve dollars”.
	(b) Omit “Sixteen dollars”, (wherever occurring), substitute “Twenty-four dollars”.
	(c) Omit “Twenty-four dollars”, substitute “Thirty-six dollars”.
Regulation 145(1).................	Omit “Twenty-seven dollars”, substitute “Thirty-nine dollars”.
Regulation 146(1).................	Omit “Eight dollars”, substitute “Twelve dollars”.
Regulation 147(2).................	Omit “Five dollars fifty cents”, substitute “Twelve dollars”.
Regulation 161...................	Omit “item 2, item 3, item 4 or item 5 in Part I. of the First Schedule”, substitute “item 2, 3 or 4 in Part 1 of Schedule 1”.
Regulation 163(a).................	Omit “One dollar”, substitute “One dollar fifty cents”.

Provision	Amendment
Regulation 163(b)..............	Omit “Fifty cents”, substitute “Seventy-five cents”.
Regulation 172(1)..............	Omit “Eleven dollars sixty-five cents” substitute “Eleven dollars fifteen cents”.
Regulation 174................	Omit “Twenty-five cents”, substitute “ Thirty cents”.
Regulation 176a...............	Omit “fifteen cents”, substitute “Twenty-five cents”,
Regulation 176e(1)(a)...........	Omit “Twenty-five cents”, substitute “thirty cents”.
Regulation 203................	Omit “Thirty cents”, substitute “Forty cents”.
Regulation 205(1)..............	Omit “Ten cents", substitute “fifteen cents”.
Regulation 213b(2).............	Omit “thirty miles”, substitute “50 kilometres”.
Regulation 213b...............	Omit “of Australia” (wherever occurring).
Regulation 213b(4).............	Omit “one hundred and seventy miles”, substitute “300 kilometers.”
Regulation 214(2)..............	(a) Omit “50” (first occurring), substitute “75”.
	(b) Omit “55”, substitute “80”.
	(c) Omit “60”, substitute “ 85”.
Regulation 230................	Omit “, including the Territory of Nauru”.
Regulation 237(2)..............	(a) Omit “Fifteen cents” (wherever occurring), substitute “Twenty-five cents”.
	(b) Omit “Thirty cents”, substitute “Fifty cents”.
Regulation 238(2)..............	Omit “Thirty cents”, substitute “Fifty cents”.
Regulation 239................	Omit “Fifteen cents”, substitute “ Twenty-five cents ”.
Regulation 240................	Omit “Thirty cents”, substitute “ Fifty cents”.
Regulation 242................	Omit “Thirty cents”, substitute “ Fifty cents”.
Regulation 252................	Omit “six”, substitute “two”.
Regulation 254(1)..............	Omit “six”, substitute “ two”.

29Regulation 247 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting the table and substituting the following table:—

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Distance of carriage of mail, in Admiralty nautical miles	Rate per tonne of mail
	$
not more than 3,000....................................	64.08
more than 3,000 but not more than 6,000.......................	124.45
more than 6,000 but not more than 9,000.......................	145.66
more than 9,000.......................................	152.93

29Regulation 247 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting the table and sub­stituting the following table:—

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29Regulation 247 of the Postal Regulations is amended by omitting the table and substituting the following table:—