Telephone Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1916. No. 276.

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REGULATION 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 undermentioned amended Regulation under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901–1916 to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this third day of November, One thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. A. JENSEN,

for the Postmaster-General.

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Amendment of the Telephone Regulations, 1913.

(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 349.)

Regulation 22 is repealed and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead:—

22. (1) No telephone messages shall contain unbecoming expressions, or language of an obscene or offensive nature, or of a character calculated to provoke a breach of the peace, nor shall any telephone service be mischievously used for the purpose of irritating any person, or of conveying fictitious orders or instructions or fictitious messages of any kind.

(2) Any violation of this Regulation by a subscriber shall render him liable to have his telephone disconnected, and any instruments and fittings belonging to the Postmaster-General removed, without prejudice to the right of the Postmaster-General to recover the rent and/or other charges payable to the end of the term agreed upon.

(3) Any violation of this Regulation by a person other than a subscriber shall render such person liable to a penalty not exceeding Five pounds.

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