Telephone Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1916. No. 76.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901–1913.

(Issued provisionally as Statutory Rules 1915, No. 214.)

I, SIR ARTHUR STANLEY, Governor of the State of Victoria and its Dependencies, in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting as the Deputy of the Governor-General, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the undermentioned amended Regulations under the Post and TelegraphAct 1901–1913 to come into operation forthwith.

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

A. L. STANLEY,

Deputy for the Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

WILLIAM WEBSTER,

Postmaster-General.

 

AMENDMENT OF THE TELEPHONE REGULATIONS, 1913.

(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 349.)

1. (1) Regulation 20 is repealed and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead:—

20. (1) Except where otherwise provided in these Regulations telephone Exchange lines, for which lines the charges in force on the 31st January, 1907, continue to be paid, must be used only by the subscriber, his family or employees, and exclusively on his affairs. Any breach of this Regulation, or of any of these Regulations, shall render the subscriber liable to have his telephone disconnected, 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; or the Postmaster-General may compel the subscriber to pay the rates prescribed by these Regulations. Provided, however, that in case of emergency a subscriber may permit the use of his line by the subscriber for another line connected with the same Exchange. The use of any subscriber’s line may, with his consent, be granted to a non-subscriber to summon medical aid in urgent cases, to give notice of fire, or to call the police. In the case of hotels and lodginghouses, the telephones may be used by any person residing on the premises, but not by casual callers.

(2) Any subscriber to a telephone line connected with an Exchange for the use of which line charges in accordance with Regulation 5 are paid may grant the use of the line to a non-subscriber, but the subscriber shall pay the charges made by the Department for such use by the non-subscriber, and may charge the non-subscriber an amount not exceeding Two Pence; but shall not, without the authority of the Postmaster-General, make any further charge, nor

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receive any further payment or valuable consideration from any person for the use of the line.* Provided that subscribers for telephone services connecting with places situated beyond the limits of the network of the Exchange to which the service is connected shall not grant the use of the service to any other person except in cases of emergency, unless with the consent of, and upon terms approved by, the Postmaster-General.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Sub-regulation (1) of this Regulation, a person who was a subscriber on 15th September, 1915, shall not, without the authority of the Postmaster-General, charge more than One Penny for the use of his telephone until the tenth day of December, 1915.*

2. (1) Regulation 57 is repealed and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead :—

57. A charge of Two Pence for each conversation of three minutes, or part of three minutes, may be made by the subscriber for all calls within the network, and the money may be retained by him. The charges for each such call will be made by the Department against the subscriber at the rates prescribed by Regulation 5.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Sub-regulation (1) of this Regulation, a person who was a subscriber on 15th September, 1915, shall not, without the authority of the Postmaster-General, charge more than One Penny for each conversation of three minutes, or part of three minutes, until the tenth day of December, 1915.*

* See Section 120 Post and Telegraph Act 1901–1913. See also Part VII. of these Regulations.

 

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