Commonwealth Numbered Acts

POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1974 No. 61, 1974 - SECT 9

9. Section 23 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub- section (1) and
substituting the following sub-sections:-



"(1) Subject to this Act and the regulations, where the postage on a postal
article posted for delivery in Australia is not fully prepaid, the postal
article may be transmitted and delivered, but there shall be paid by the
person who accepts delivery an amount equal to double the amount of the
deficiency in the postage, and the amount to be so paid shall be written on
the postal article by an authorized officer.



"(1A) Postage on a loose postal article received from the master of a vessel
shall be collected on delivery at the rate that would be chargeable in respect
of that article if it were posted at the place of delivery for delivery at the
place at which it was so received.".