Telephone Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1959. No. 83.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1950.*

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 1901-1950.

Dated this 29th day of September, 1959.

W. J. SLIM

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Postmaster-General.

AMENDMENTS OF THE TELEPHONE REGULATIONS. 

Commencement.

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of October, 1959.

Annual rental.

2. Regulation 29 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

  

Subscribers connected to exchanges having access to the following number of subscribers’ lines at the unit fee.	Radius of network or unit fee area.	Annual rental.
		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.
		Business.			Residence.
Miles.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
From 1 to 2,000............................	5	7	0	0	6	0	0	4	12	6	3	17	6
From 2,001 to 7,500......................	5	8	5	0	7	5	0	5	17	6	4	17	6
From 7,501 and upwards...............	5	9	5	0	8	5	0	6	17	6	5	17	6
From 10,001 and upwards.............	10	16	10	0	13	5	0	11	5	0	10	5	0
From 10,001 and upwards.............	15	17	5	0	14	0	0	12	0	0	11	0	0

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 30th September, 1959.

  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. 21 and 46; and 1958, No. 14.

7283/59.—PRICE 3D. 9/7.9.1959.

Facilities provided.

3. Regulation 30 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (b)of sub-regulation (1.) the words and figures “subject to the payment of the extra charge (if any) payable under regulation 31 of these Regulations,”.

Extra charges for service beyond two-mile radius.

4. Regulation 31 of the Telephone Regulations is repealed.

Services to distant exchanges.

5.—(1.) Regulation 32 of the Telephone Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words and figures “regulations 29 and 31” and inserting in their stead the words and figures “regulation 29 of these Regulations”; and

(b) by omitting the table in paragraph (a)of sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

Subscribers connected to exchanges having access to the following number of subscribers' lines at the unit fee.	Annual rental.
	For each quarter mile, or part of a quarter mile, of route length of circuit.
£	s.	d.
From 1 to 2,000 ............................................................	0	14	0
From 2,001 and upwards................................................	1	0	0

(2.) Regulation 32 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words and figures “regulations 29 and 31” and inserting in their stead the words and figures “regulation 29 of these Regulations”.

Unit fee.

6. Regulation 37 of the Telephone Regulations is amended—

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

(b)by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(2.) Where a subscriber leases a straight line telephone service fitted with a Departmental coin attachment and places that telephone at the service of the public, his employees, tenants or lodgers, the unit fee payable by the subscriber for each effective unit call originating from that telephone shall, if the Director-General so determines, be Threepence.”.

Restoration of service.

7. Regulation 43 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting the figure and letter “5s.” and inserting in their stead the words “Six shillings”.

Diversion of calls.

8. Regulation 56 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting the figure and letter “5s.” and inserting in their stead the words “Six shillings”.

Time signals.

9. Regulation 86 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the symbol and figure “£1” and inserting in their stead the words “One pound six shillings”.

Unit fee.

10. Regulation 119 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting the word “Threepence” and inserting in its stead the word “Fourpence”.

Unit call.

11. Regulation 127 of the Telephone Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the word “Fourpence” and inserting in its stead the word “Fivepence”; and

(b)by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the word and figures “regulation 37” and inserting in their stead the words and figures “sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 37 of these Regulations”.

Charges for trunk line calls.

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

Radial distance between exchanges or offices.	Each three minutes or part of three minutes.
	Between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.		Between 6 p.m. and 9 a.m.
s.	d.	s.	d.
Exceeding 5 but not exceeding 10 miles.................................	0	4	0	4
Exceeding 10 but not exceeding 15 miles................................	0	8	0	8
Exceeding 15 but not exceeding 20 miles................................	1	0	1	0
Exceeding 20 but not exceeding 25 miles................................	1	4	1	0
Exceeding 25 but not exceeding 30 miles................................	1	8	1	0
Exceeding 30 but not exceeding 50 miles................................	2	0	1	4
Exceeding 50 but not exceeding 100 miles..............................	4	0	3	0
Exceeding 100 but not exceeding 200 miles............................	6	0	4	0
Exceeding 200 but not exceeding 300 miles............................	10	0	6	8
Exceeding 300 but not exceeding 400 miles............................	12	0	10	0
Exceeding 400 miles.............................................................	15	0	12	0

(2.) Regulation 138 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting from the third column of the table in sub-regulation (2.) the figure “3” (wherever occurring) and inserting in its stead the figure “4”.

Calls to particular person.

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

Radial distance between exchanges or offices.	Charge.
s.	d.
Not exceeding 15 miles.............................................................................	0	6
Exceeding 15 but not exceeding 50 miles...................................................	1	0
Exceeding 50 but not exceeding 100 miles .................................................	2	0
Exceeding 100 but not exceeding 200 miles ...............................................	3	0
Exceeding 200 but not exceeding 300 miles...............................................	4	0
Exceeding 300 but not exceeding 400 miles ...............................................	5	0
Exceeding 400 miles.................................................................................	6	0

Messenger fee.

14. Regulation 142 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting the figure and letter “6d.” (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “One shilling and sixpence”.

Charges.

15. Regulation 144Dof the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the word “Threepence” (wherever occurring) and inserting in its stead the word “Fourpence”.

Charge for line.

16. Regulation 147 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

—	Unit fee area.
	State Capital City.			Other places.
Per annum.			Per annum.
£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
For the first quarter mile or part thereof ................................	3	14	0	3	4	0
For each additional 220 yards or part thereof.........................	1	14	0	1	6	0

Fire alarms.

17. 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 for each quarter mile or portion thereof for each pair of conductors up to one mile in length of circuit.			Charge for each 220 yards or portion thereof beyond one mile for each pair of conductors.
£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
1.........................................................................................	4	14	0	2	6	0
2.........................................................................................	2	12	0	1	6	0
3 or 4...................................................................................	1	14	0	0	16	0
5 or 6...................................................................................	1	10	0	0	15	0
7 or 8...................................................................................	1	6	0	0	14	0

Fire brigade lines—non exchange services.

18. Regulation 168 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the figures and letter “25s.” and inserting in their stead the words “One pound fourteen shillings”.

Military lines.

19. Regulation 169 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting the figures and letter “25s.” and inserting in their stead the words “One pound fourteen shillings”.

By Authority: A. J. ARTHUR,