Telephone Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1957. No. 21.

 

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 24th day of May, 1957.

W. J. Slim

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd) C. W. Davidson

Postmaster-General.

 

Amendments of the Telephone Regulations. 

1. Regulation 133a of the Telephone Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Application.

“133a. This Division does not apply to a trunk line call to which Division 2 of this Part applies.”.

2. Division 2 of Part VII. of the Telephone Regulations is repealed and the following Division inserted in its stead:—

“Division 2.—Automatic Trunk Line Calls.

Interpretation.

“144b.—(1.) In this Division—

‘automatic trunk line call’ means a call over a trunk line to which the person making the call gains access by automatic means;

‘metropolitan exchange’—

(a)in relation to Sydney or Melbourne—means an exchange situated not more than fifteen miles from the General Post Office in that city; and

(b)in relation to Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth or Hobart—means an exchange situated not more than ten miles from the General Post Office in that city.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1957.

  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, 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; and 1956, Nos. 68 and 76.

1858/57—Price 3d. 9/21.3.1957.

“(2.) For the purposes of this Division, a chargeable period in relation to a call is such period specified in column 2 of the following table as is applicable to the call:—

Distance of the exchange to which the subscriber is connected from the General Post Office in the relevant capital city.	Chargeable period.
Not exceeding 15 miles...............................................................	180 seconds
Exceeding 15 but not exceeding 20 miles.....................................	90 seconds
Exceeding 20 but not exceeding 25 miles.....................................	Between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.—60 seconds
	Between 6 p.m. and 9 a.m.—90 seconds

Application.

“144c. This Division applies to an automatic trunk line call to the telephone of a subscriber connected to a metropolitan exchange of a capital city from the telephone of a subscriber connected to an automatic exchange (not being a metropolitan exchange) which is situated not more than twenty-five miles from the General Post Office in that city.

Charges.

“144d.—(1.) The charge payable for an automatic trunk line call to which this Division applies is an amount of Threepence and a further amount of Threepence in respect of each complete chargeable period included in the period of the call.

“(2.) Charges payable for automatic trunk line calls to which this Division applies made from the telephone of a subscriber are payable by, and shall be included in any account rendered under regulation 40 of these Regulations to, the subscriber.”.

 

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