Telephone Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1939. No. 130.

REGULATIONS 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 to come into operation on and from the 1st November, 1939.

Dated this twenty seventh day of October, 1939.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Postmaster-General.

 

Amendment of the Telephone Regulations. 

Rental within 2 mile radius.

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

“(1) The charges payable for each of the different classes of service specified shall be as follows:—

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 within Two mile radius of the exchange—
		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.
Miles.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
From 1 to 300......................................	5	3	0	0	2	10	0	2	0	0
„ 301 to  1,000..............................	5	3	5	0	2	10	0	2	0	0
„ 1,001 to 4,000...........................	5	3	15	0	3	0	0	2	7	6
„ 4,001 to 10,000.........................	5	4	15	0	3	15	0	3	2	6
„ 4,001 to 10,000.........................	10	4	17	6	3	17	6	3	5	0
„ 10,001 and upwards.................	10	5	7	6	4	5	0	3	12	6
„ 10,001 and upwards.................	15	5	10	0	4	7	6	3	15	0

Provided that, in the case of an exclusive service which is connected to an exchange having access to more than 4,000 subscribers’ lines at the unit fee and is classified by the Department as a residence service, the annual rental specified in the above table shall be reduced by One pound.”

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1939.

 Statutory Rules1927 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, No. 34.

 

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

5834.—8/3.10.1939.—Price 3d.