Telephone Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1919. No. 146.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1916.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1916, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this eleventh day of June, 1919.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

WILLIAM WEBSTER,

Postmaster-General.

 

Amendment of Telephone Regulations 1913 as amended to this Date.

1. After regulation 2 of the Telephone Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

“2a. Where an applicant for a telephone service is under any liability to the Postmaster-General’s Department in connexion with any service rendered by the Department, the Deputy Postmaster-General may refuse to grant the application until the liability has been discharged, and the applicant has furnished security, to his satisfaction, for the payment of the charges in connexion with the service requested.”

2. After regulation 15a of the Telephone Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

“15b. If the Deputy Postmaster-General is satisfied that any service is being obtained by any person who is a defaulter on a previous service, whether the first-mentioned service is being obtained under that person’s own name or not, he may, without notice to the defaulter, cause the telephone to be disconnected from the Exchange, cancel the agreement and cause the name of the subscriber to be removed from the list, order the removal of all wires, instruments and fittings, and may cause any surplus rent, paid in connexion with the services, to be applied in reduction of the liability of the defaulter to the Department upon the previous service.”

         

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