Telephone Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1956. No. 76.

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 eight day of November, 1956.

W. J. Slim

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Postmaster-General.

 

Amendments of the Telephone Regulations. 

Parts.

1. Regulation 3 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting the words—

“Part VII.—Telephone Trunk Line Service (Regulations 134-144a).”

and inserting in their stead the words—

“Part VII.—Telephone Trunk Line Service.

Division 1.—Manual Trunk Line Calls (Regulations 133a-144a).

Division 2.—Automatic Trunk Line Calls (Regulations 144b-144d).”.

2. Before regulation 134 of the Telephone Regulations the following heading and regulation are inserted in Part VII. of those Regulations:—

“Division 1.—Manual Trunk Line Calls.

Application.

“133a. This Division does not apply to or in relation to a trunk line call which is an automatic trunk line call within the meaning of Division 2 of this Part.”.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on  1956.

  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; and 1955, Nos. 27, 59 and 73.

3727/56.—Price 3d. 9/25.9.1956.

 

3. Part VII. of the Telephone Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following Division:—

“Division 2.—Automatic Trunk Line Calls.

Definitions.

“144b. In this Division—

‘automatic trunk line call’ means a call by a subscriber connected to the St. Mary’s automatic exchange to a subscriber connected to a Sydney exchange over a trunk line to which the subscriber making the call gains access by automatic means;

‘chargeable period’ means—

(a) in relation to a call, or a part of a call, which takes place between the hours of nine o’clock in the forenoon, and six o’clock in the afternoon, of a day —a period of sixty seconds; and

(b)in relation to a call, or a part of a call, which takes place between the hour of six o’clock in the afternoon of a day and the hour of nine o’clock in the forenoon of the day next following that day—a period of ninety seconds;

‘Sydney exchange’ means an exchange situated within a radius of fifteen miles from the General Post Office at Sydney in the State of New South Wales;

‘the St. Mary’s automatic exchange’ means the automatic exchange situated at St. Mary’s in the State of New South Wales.

Option of originating trunk line calls automatically or manually.

“144c. A subscriber connected to the St. Mary’s automatic exchange may, at his option, originate from his telephone either an automatic trunk line call, or a trunk line call to which Division 1 of this Part applies, to a subscriber connected to a Sydney exchange.

Charges for automatic trunk line calls.

“144d.— (1.) The charge payable for an automatic trunk line call 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 by a subscriber for automatic trunk line calls originated by him shall be included in any account rendered to the subscriber under regulation 40 of these Regulations.”.

 

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