Telephone Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1940. No. 28.

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REGULATION UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1934.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1934.

Dated this fourteenth day of February, 1940.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Postmaster-General.

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Amendment of the Telephone Regulations. 

After regulation 139 of the Telephone Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Half fees chargeable to members of the Forces.

“139a.—(1.) The charge for any trunk line call (not being a call made in the performance of official duties) originated by a member of the Naval, Military or Air Forces of the Commonwealth from a camp where he is performing naval, military, or air-force duties shall be one-half of the charge calculated in pursuance of regulation 138, 141 or 142 of these Regulations:

Provided that where one-half of such charge includes a fraction of a penny, that fraction shall be disregarded.

(2.) For the purposes of this regulation, ‘camp’ includes any such camp, garrison, or naval, military or air-force establishment as is determined by the Department.”

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1940.

  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; and 1939, Nos. 34 and 180.

 

By Authority: L.F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.

316.—8/15.1.1940.—Price 3d.