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New Zealand Post Office Act Amendment Act 1872

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Preamble.

Short Title.

Act to be read as part of “The New Zealand Post Office Act, 1858,” and amending Acts.

Repeal of part of “The New Zealand Post Office Act Amendment Act, 1866.”

Rate of postage open newspapers mentioned in Schedule.

Schedule

New Zealand Post Office Act Amendment Act 1872

Public Act		1872 No 9
Date of assent		26 September 1872

	Title
	Preamble.
1	Short Title.
2	Act to be read as part of “The New Zealand Post Office Act, 1858,” and amending Acts.
3	Repeal of part of “The New Zealand Post Office Act Amendment Act, 1866.”
4	Rate of postage open newspapers mentioned in Schedule.
	Schedule

An Act to amend “The New Zealand Post Office Act Amendment Act, 1866.”

Preamble.

WHEREAS by “The New Zealand Post Office Act Amendment Act, 1866,” hereinafter called “the said Amendment Act,” it is enacted, among other things, that postage upon newspapers specified in the Schedule to the said Act shall be levied at the rate set forth in the Schedule to the said Amendment Act, and it is expedient to alter and amend the said rate and scale:

Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1 Short Title.

The Short Title of this Act shall be “The New Zealand Post Office Act Amendment Act, 1872,” and it shall come into operation on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.

2 Act to be read as part of “The New Zealand Post Office Act, 1858,” and amending Acts.

This Act shall be read and construed as part of “The New Zealand Post Office Act, 1858,” and of the several Acts amending the same, so far as the same respectively remain in force and unrepealed.

3 Repeal of part of “The New Zealand Post Office Act Amendment Act, 1866.”

So much of the said Amendment Act as fixed the postage of newspapers posted within the Colony for delivery within the Colony is hereby repealed.

4 Rate of postage open newspapers mentioned in Schedule.

Postage upon newspapers specified in the Schedule to this Act shall be levied according to the scale and at the rate set forth in and by the Schedule to this Act, but nothing in this Act shall apply to newspapers posted for transmission abroad.

Schedule

On all newspapers posted within the Colony for delivery within the Colony, one halfpenny.

New Zealand Post Office Act Amendment Act 1872