Telephone Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

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STATUTORY RULES.

1914. No. 163.

REGULATION UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1913.

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 1901-1913, namely:—

Amendment of the Telephone Regulations 1913.

(Statutory Rules 1913, No, 349.)

Regulation 5.

to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this 7th day of November, One thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. G. SPENCE.

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AMENDMENT OF THE TELEPHONE REGULATIONS OF 1913.

(STATUTORY RULES 1913, No. 349.)

Regulation 5 is repealed, and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead:—

*5. (1) All telephone lines, instruments, and fittings in connexion with the telephone system, except where otherwise provided by these Regulations, shall be created and supplied by the Postmaster General, the cost being borne by the Government, and no persons, except employés of the Department, provided with proper means of identification, are tobe allowed to interfere with or make any additions or alterations to any wires, instruments, or fittings under the Department’s control. In the event of any such interference the subscriber concerned will be liable to have his line disconnected.

(2) The following shall be the charges payable for each of the different classes of service specified:—

In Telephone Networks having a population of—	Radius of Network With Main Exchange as Centre..	Minimum annual charge within two mile radius.
In Telephone Networks having a population of—	Radius of Network With Main Exchange as Centre..	For an exclusive service.			For each Subscriber or Instrument on a two-party service.			For each Subscriber or Instrument on a three or more party service.
Miles.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
From 1 to 10,000.......	5	3	0	0	2	10	0	2	0	0
From 10,001 to 100,000	10	3	10	0	2	15	0	2	5	0
From 100,001 upwards	10	4	0	0	3	0	0	2	10	0

* The Postmaster-General by Proclamation in Gazette No. 45, of the 5th July, 1910, fixed the 1st day of September, 1910, as the day upon which this Regulations came into operation.

Mileage shall be calculated radially from the Telephone Exchange with which the line is connected as the centre.

In all cases where submarine cables or other special arrangements are required in the construction of a line, the charges shall be fixed according to circumstances.

For the foregoing charges, the Postmaster-General will provide and maintain all necessary Exchange equipment, subscriber’s line not exceeding 2 miles in length radially, and one telephone wall-set per subscriber,

For all effective calls, the subscriber will be charged at the following rates:—

For calls not exceeding 2,000 half-yearly, two calls for One penny.
For calls above 2,000 half-yearly, three calls for One penny.
Fractions of a penny will be charged as One penny.
No charge will be made to the subscriber for calls received by him.
The calls made over each line will be charged for separately.
Calls made on the business of the Postmaster-General by any duly authorized officer will not be charged.

(3) Accounts for calls will be rendered half-yearly, and must be paid within fourteen days.* A statement of account, certified by a responsible officer of the Department as being correct, shall be accepted as prima facie evidence of the number of effective calls originated by the subscriber.

Statements of the number of ordinary calls recorded against a subscriber for a month will, upon the subscriber’s request, be furnished at the following charges:—

Statements showing monthly total, 6d. per statement.
Statements showing daily totals for a month, 1s. per statement.

Statements showing details of trunk line calls recorded against a subscriber will, upon the subscriber’s request, be furnished at the following charges:—

Statements showing details of trunk line calls for a half-year, in the case of subscribers who are not depositors (see Regulation 52), 1s. per statement.
Statements showing details of trunk line calls for one month, in the case of depositors, 2s. per statement.