Telephone Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1920. No. 173.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1916.

I, SIR WILLIAM HILL IRVINE, Deputy of the Governor-General in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1916, to come into operation on 1st October, 1920.

Dated this twenty-seventh day of September, 1920.

W. H. IRVINE,

Deputy of the Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

GEO. H. WISE,

Postmaster-General.

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Amendment of the Telephone Regulations, 1913.

(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 349, as amended to this date.)

Regulation 5 is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2) and inserting the following sub-regulations in its stead:—

“(2) The following shall be the charges payable for each of the different classes of service specified:—

Exchanges of Networks with Subscribers’ Lines connected as shown hereunder.	Radius of Network with Main Exchange as Centre.	Annual Ground Rent, within Two Mile Radius.
		For an Exclusive Service.			For each Subscriber or Instrument on a Two Party Service.			For each Subscriber or Instrument on a Three or More Party Service.
Miles.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
From 1 to 300.............	5	3	0	0	2	10	0	2	0	0
,, 301 to 600..............	5	3	5	6	2	10	0	2	0	0
,, 601 to 1500............	5	4	7	6	3	7	6	2	15	0
„ 1501 to 4000...........	10	4	12	6	3	15	0	3	2	6
„ 4001 and upwards...	10	5	0	0	3	15	0	3	2	6

Provided the when the number of subscribers’ lines connected to an Exchange or Network increases or diminishes to such an extent as to give rise to a higher or a lower rental, as the casemay be, such higher or lower rental shall not be charged until the expiration of one year from the end of the month in which the increaseor diminution in the number of subscribers’ lines takes place.

For the purposes of this sub-regulation subscribers’ lines shall include exclusive services, even when more than one line is owned by the same subscriber, and party lines, but shall not include extensions.

Mileage shall be calculated radially from the Telephone Exchange with which the line is connected as the centre.

 

In all cases where submarine cable or either special arrangements are required in the construction of a line, the charges shall be fixed according to circumstances.

For the foregoing charges, the Postmaster-General will provide and maintain all necessary Exchange equipment, subscriber’s line not exceeding 2 miles in length radially, one telephone wall-set per subscriber, and one copy of the Telephone List for each telephone provided.

For each effective call originating from a subscriber’s instrument, the charge shall be:—

(a) in respect of Exchanges or Networks with 1 to 600 subscribers’ lines connected, One penny; and

(b) in respect of Exchanges or Networks with 601 or more subscribers’ lines connected, One penny farthing.

No charge will be made to the subscriber for calls received by him.

The calls made over each line will be charged for separately.

Calls made on the business of the Postmaster-General by any duty authorized officer will not be charged.

“(2a.) Notwithstanding anything contained in the last preceding sub-regulation, the changes for ground rent specified in that sub-regulation shall not apply to services in operation at the commencement of this sub-regulation, until the following dates:—

(a)As regards subscribers under an agreement, which is in force at such commencement, to rent for a period certain—

(i) the expiration of that period, if the expiration is subsequent to the 30th September, 1920; or

(ii) if the expiration is prior to or on that date, the first day of the period in respect of which the first account for rent rendered subsequent to the 30th September, 1920, is rendered; and

(b)As regards other subscribers—the first day of the period in respect of which the first account for rent rendered subsequent to the 30th September, 1920, is rendered.

“(2b.) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-regulation (2) of this regulation, the charges for calls shall not, until the 1st October, 1920, apply to services in operation at the commencement of this sub-regulation.”

  

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