Telephone Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

 

1967 No.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1966.*

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 1901-1966.

Dated this ninth day of June, 1967.

CASEY

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(sgd.) Ken Anderson Minister of State for Customs and Excise for and on behalf of the Postmaster-General.

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Amendments of the Telephone Regulations.  

Commencement.

1.These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of July, 1967.

Rate of rental.

2.Regulation 29 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

Class of telephone service	Annual rate
	Exclusive service	Each telephone forming part of a party service connecting two subscribers	Each telephone forming part of a party service connecting more than two subscribers
$	$	$
Class I. telephone service.......................................................	40.00	36.00	34.00
Class II. telephone service......................................................	24.00	20.00	18.00
Class III. telephone service.....................................................	16.00	12.00	10.00

Local call fee.

3.Regulation 35 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting the words “the fees payable for effective local calls from the telephone of a subscriber shall be calculated at the rate of Ten cents for every three effective local calls” and inserting in their stead the words “the fee payable for an effective local call made from the telephone of a subscriber is Four cents”.

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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on  , 1967

  Statutory Rules 1927, No. 145, as amended by Statutory Rules 1928, No. 99; 1929, Nos. 122 and 133; 1930, Nos. 2, 7, 15, 54 and 112; 1931, Nos. 86 and 137; 1932, No. 16; 1933, Nos. 13, 14, 56, 64, 84 and 135; 1934, Nos. 30 and 114; 1935, Nos. 25, 26, 93, 96 and 121; 1936, No. 121; 1937, Nos. 14, 36 and 86; 1938, No. 4; 1939, Nos. 34 and 130; 1940, Nos. 14, 28 and 230; 1941, Nos. 15, 126, 236 and 261; 1942, No. 504; 1943, No. 141; 1946, No. 118; 1948. No. 113: 1949. No. 39; 1950, No. 92; 1951, No, 74; 1954, No. 29; 1955, Nos. 27, 59 and 73; 1956. Nos. 68 and 76; 1957, Nos. 21and 46; 1958, No. 14; 1959, No. 83; 1960, Nos. 26, 71, 88, 95, 100 and 101; 1961, Nos. 8, 9, 17, 26, 41, 47, 56, 66, 70, 75, 80, 85, 94, 106, 109, 113, 115, 119, 124 and 135; 1962, Nos. 5, and 123; 1965, Nos. 11, 14, 21 and 34; and 1966, Nos. 22 and 147.

7433/67—Price 8c 14/1.6.1967

Joint use of telephone.

4.Regulation 57 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “Two pounds” (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “Five dollars”.

Block type entries.

5.Regulation 77 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

Telephone directory in which entry is to be made	Each word	Each initial or the sign “&”.
$	$
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, South Australia, Western Australia or Tasmania Telephone Directory..........................................................................................	2.00	0.50
Any other Telephone Directory.............................................................................	1.00	0.25

Charges for extra words and entries.

6.Regulation 79 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

Telephone directory in which entry is to be made	Additional words	Additional entries or notices, whether inserted under the main entry or otherwise
$	$
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, South Australia, Western Australia or Tasmania Telephone Directory..........................................................................................	1.00	2.00
Any other Telephone Directory.............................................................................	1.00	1.00

Calls at specified times.

7. Regulation 87a of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(2.) A fee equal to twice the local call fee shall be charged for each call referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation.”.

Charges for trunk calls.

8.Regulation 138 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the fallowing sub-regulations:—

“(1.) Subject to this Part, the fee payable for an effective trunk call from the telephone of a subscriber, not being a subscriber’s telephone referred to in the next succeeding sub-regulation, is the fee ascertained for that call by reference to the following table:—

Truck distance in relation to the trunk call	Each three minutes or part of three minutes
	Between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.	Between 6 p.m. and 9 a.m.
$	$
Not exceeding 30 miles...............................................................................	0.16	0.12
Exceeding 30 miles but not exceeding 50 miles..........................................	0.24	0.16
Exceeding 50 miles but not exceeding 100 miles........................................	0.48	0.36
Exceeding 100 miles but not exceeding 200 miles......................................	0.72	0.48
Exceeding 200 miles but not exceeding 300 miles......................................	1.20	0.80
Exceeding 300 miles but not exceeding 400 miles......................................	1.44	1.20
Exceeding 400 miles....................................................................................	1.80	1.44

“(2.) Subject to this Part, the fee payable for an effective trunk call made from a public telephone or from the telephone of a subscriber that is fitted with a Departmental coin attachment that is designed for the receipt of coins of two or more denominations is the fee ascertained for that call by reference to the following table:—

Trunk distance in relation to the trunk call	Each three minutes or part of three minutes
	Between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.	Between 6 p.m. and 9 a.m.
$	$
Not exceeding 30 miles...............................................................................	0.20	0.15
Exceeding 30 miles but not exceeding 50 miles..........................................	0.25	0.20
Exceeding 50 miles but not exceeding 100 miles........................................	0.50	0.40
Exceeding 100 miles but not exceeding 200 miles......................................	0.75	0.50
Exceeding 200 miles but not exceeding 300 miles......................................	1.20	0.80
Exceeding 300 miles but not exceeding 400 miles......................................	1.45	1.20
Exceeding 400 miles....................................................................................	1.80	1.45

Calls to particular person.

9.Regulation 141 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

Trunk distance in relation to the trunk call	Charge
Cents
Not exceeding 50 miles.........................................................................................................	10
Exceeding 50 but not exceeding 100 miles...........................................................................	20
Exceeding 100 but not exceeding 200 miles.........................................................................	30
Exceeding 200 but not exceeding 300 miles.........................................................................	40
Exceeding 300 but not exceeding 400 miles.........................................................................	50
Exceeding 400 miles.............................................................................................................	60

Charges for private lines.

10.Regulation 147 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

Chargeable distance in relation to the line	Annual rate of charge
$
Not exceeding 1 mile........................................................................................................	30.00
Exceeding 1 mile but not exceeding 2 miles....................................................................	50.00
Exceeding 2 miles but not exceeding 10 miles:
For the first 2 miles......................................................................................................	50.00
For each additional mile or portion thereof.................................................................	20.00
Exceeding 10 miles but not exceeding 20 miles:
For the first 10 miles....................................................................................................	210.00
For each additional mile or portion thereof.................................................................	50.00
Exceeding 20 miles but not exceeding 200 miles:
For the first 20 miles....................................................................................................	710.00
For each additional mile or portion thereof.................................................................	50.00
Exceeding 200 miles but not exceeding 600 miles:
For the first 20 miles....................................................................................................	710.00
For each additional mile or portion thereof.................................................................	46.00
Exceeding 600 miles but not exceeding 1,000 miles:
For the first 20 miles....................................................................................................	710.00
For each additional mile or portion thereof.................................................................	42.00
Exceeding 1,000 miles:
For the first 1,000 miles...............................................................................................	42,000.00
For each additional mile or portion thereof.................................................................	4.00

Fire alarms.

11.Regulation 151 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

Number of pairs of conductors in one cable	Charge per annum for each quarter mile or portion thereof in length of circuit for each pair of conductors
$
1 or 2..............................................................................................................................................	8.00
3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8............................................................................................................................	6.00

Schedule.

12.The Telephone Regulations are amended as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

 

THE SCHEDULE Regulation 12

Amendments in Relation to Decimal Currency.

Provisions amended	Omit—	Insert—
Regulation 11.............................................................	10s.	One dollar
Regulation 14 (3.)......................................................	Ten pounds	Twenty dollars
Regulation 16a (1.)...................................................	Twenty-five pounds	Fifty dollars
Regulation 17 (1.)......................................................	Ten pounds	Twenty dollars
Regulation 17a..........................................................	Ten pounds	Twenty dollars
Regulation 29 (9.)......................................................	Twenty-five pounds	Fifty dollars
Regulation 29 (10.)...................................................	Twenty-five pounds	Fifty dollars
Regulation 29a (1.)...................................................	Fifteen pounds	Thirty dollars
Regulation 29a (2.)...................................................	One pound	Two dollars
Regulation 32 (1.) (a)...............................................	One pound ten shillings	Three dollars
Regulation 32 (1.) (b)(ii).........................................	Three pounds ten shillings	Seven dollars
Regulation 43 (a).......................................................	One pound	Two dollars
Regulation 43 (b).......................................................	Fifteen pounds	Thirty dollars
Regulation 56.............................................................	Ten shillings	One dollar
Regulation 63 (1.)......................................................	Fifty pounds	One hundred dollars
Regulation 64 (b)(iii)................................................	Fifteen pounds	Thirty dollars
Regulation 72 (2.)......................................................	One pound	Two dollars
Regulation 81 (3.)......................................................	Five pounds	Ten dollars
Regulation 83 (1.)......................................................	Ten shillings	One dollar
Regulation 86 (1.)......................................................	One pound ten shillings	Three dollars
Regulation 88 (a).......................................................	Six pounds	Twelve dollars
Regulation 88 (b).......................................................	5s.	Fifty cents
Regulation 91 (1.) (f) (i)...........................................	Three pounds ten shillings	Seven dollars
Regulation 91 (1.) (h)...............................................	Fifteen pounds	Thirty dollars
Regulation 100 (2.)....................................................	1s.	Ten cents
Regulation 100 (4.)....................................................	1s.	Ten cents
Regulation 109..........................................................	£2	Four dollars
Regulation 110 (g).....................................................	Ten shillings	One dollar
Five shillings	Fifty cents
Regulation 112..........................................................	Fifty pounds	One hundred dollars
Regulation 117b........................................................	Sixpence	Five cents
Regulation 118..........................................................	Sixpence	Five cents
Regulation 123 (2.)....................................................	Five pounds	Ten dollars
Regulation 123a........................................................	Ten pounds	Twenty dollars
Regulation 127 (1.)....................................................	Sixpence	Five cents
Regulation 135a (2.).................................................	Twenty-five pounds	Fifty dollars
Regulation 135b (2.).................................................	One shilling	Ten cents
Regulation 142 (a).....................................................	One shilling and sixpence	Fifteen cents
Regulation 142 (b).....................................................	One shilling and sixpence	Fifteen cents
Regulation 147 (6.)....................................................	Fifteen pounds	Thirty dollars
Regulation 147a........................................................	Fifteen pounds	Thirty dollars
Regulation 152 (2.) (a).............................................	Six pounds	Twelve dollars
Regulation 152 (2.) (b).............................................	5s.	Fifty cents
Regulation 154a (1.).................................................	Fifty pounds	One hundred dollars
Regulation 154a (2.).................................................	Fifty pounds	One hundred dollars
Regulation 168 (1.)....................................................	Two pounds	Four dollars
Regulation 169..........................................................	Two pounds	Four dollars

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By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra