Telephone Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1923. No. 117.

 

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 on the 1st July, 1923.

Dated this twenty-ninth day of August, 1923.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. G. GIBSON,

Postmaster-General.

 

Amendment of the Telephone Regulations.

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

1. Regulation 7 is repealed, and the following regulation is inserted in its stead:—

7. When the radial length of any line erected by the Department exceeds 2 miles, the following extra mileage charges shall be made for each quarter mile or portion thereof:—

Exclusive service—

Lines connecting to exchanges or networks with 601 or more subscribers...............................................................	10s. 0d. per annum.
Lines connecting to exchanges or networks with less than 601 subscribers...............................................................	7s.	6d.	,,	,,

Party line service—

Two-party, 5s. per annum per subscriber or instrument;

Three or more party, 2s. 6d. per annum per subscriber or instrument.

2. Regulation 80 is amended—

(a) by omitting the words “Twenty-five shillings” and inserting in their stead the words “Six shillings and threepence”;

(b) by omitting the words “Thirty-seven shillings and sixpence” and inserting in their stead the words “Seven shillings and sixpence”;

(c) by omitting the word “pole” (wherever occurring) and inserting in its stead the word “quarter”.

C.12727.—Price 3d.

 

3. Regulation 96 is amended by omitting sub-paragraph (d) and inserting in its stead the following sub-paragraph:—

(d) For any portion of the line erected by the Department the following annual charges shall be made:—

For any distance up to 2 miles, single wire or metallic circuits, as may be necessary, the fees prescribed for an exclusive service under regulation 5.

For each additional quarter-mile or portion thereof of double wire circuit erected by the Department beyond the two-mile radius, the following additional charges shall apply:—

Lines connecting to exchanges or networks with 601 or more subscribers.........................................	9s. 5d. per annum.
Lines connecting to exchanges or networks with less than 601 subscribers............................................	7s. 6d. per annum.

In cases where single wire circuit is erected by the Department beyond the two-mile radius a charge of Six shillings and threepence per annum per quarter-mile or portion thereof shall be made irrespective of the size of the network to which the line connects.

4. Sub-regulation (4) of regulation 102 is amended—

(a) by omitting the word “a” and inserting in its stead the word “the”;

(b) by omitting the words “Five shillings” and inserting in their stead the words “Two shillings and sixpence”;

(c) by omitting the words “Ten shillings” and inserting in their stead the words “Five shillings”.

 

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