STATUTORY RULE
1948. No.
.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1946.*
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 1901-1946.
Dated this fourth
day of September 1948.
W.J. McKELL
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Postmaster-General.
Amendments of the Telephone Regulations,
Commencement.
1. These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on
the first day of August, 1948.
2. Regulation 29 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by adding at
the end of the sub-regulation (1.) the following proviso :—
“ Provided that in the case of such exchanges in the Newcastle
district of New South Wales as are determined from time to time by the
Department, the annual rental payable for each of the different classes of
service within a radius of two miles of the exchange shall be as follows :—
£. | s. | d. |
For exclusive
service— |
Business...............................................................................................
| 5 | 0 | 0 |
Residence.............................................................................................
| 4 | 0 | 0 |
For each subscriber
or instrument on a— |
( a ) two party service............................................................................
| 3 | 17 | 6 |
( b ) three or more
party service..............................................................
| 3 | 5 | 0. |
Unit
calls capital cities and Newcastle.
3. Regulation 35 of the Telephone Regulations
is amended by omitting the words and figure “ or within a 5-mile radius of the
Newcastle Post Office.”.
Unit
calls, other places.
4.Regulation 36 of the
Telephone Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following
provisos :—
" Provided that in the case of such exchanges in the
Newcastle district of New South Wales as are determined from time to time by
the Department, calls may be made at the unit fee between subscribers connected
to those exchanges.”.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on ,
1948
Statutory Rules 1927, No. 145, as amended to date. For previous Telephone Regulation, see footnote
to
Statutory Rules 1941, No. 261; and see also Statutory Rules 1942, No. 504 ;
1943, No. 141 ; and 1946, No. 118.
3733.—Price 3d. 8/14.7.1948.
Public
telephones specified.
5. Regulation. 120 of the Telephone Regulations is
amended by omitting paragraph (c) and
inserting in its stead the following paragraph :–
"
(c)
Those connected to exchanges in the Newcastle district of New South Wales, as
determined from time to time by the Department ;”.
By
Authority: L.F.JOHNSTON, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra