Telephone Regulations (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES
PROVISIONAL REGULATION UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1913.
I, THE
GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the
advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of
urgency, the undermentioned amended Regulation under the
Dated this seventh day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
R. M. FERGUSON,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command.
W. G. SPENCE,
Postmaster-General.
Amendment of the Telephone Regulations, 1913 (Statutory Rules 1913, No. 349).
Regulation 105 is repealed and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead:—
105. (1) No application shall be granted for the construction of a line not likely to yield a minimum revenue within a period of 8 years after the construction of the line, unless the Postmaster-General is satisfied that there are special circumstances rendering its construction desirable, or unless the applicants reduce the cost of construction by a contribution in cash, labour, and/or material that will render justifiable the erection of the line without guarantee, or will make it probable that the line will yield the minimum revenue then required within a period of 8 years:
Provided, however, that in cases where the estimated cost of the line applied for does not exceed £100, the Postmaster-General may permit the line to be constructed, notwithstanding that the conditions of this Regulation as to minimum revenue do not obtain.
(2) In any case in which a contribution is made towards the cost of a line, if it is found after 3 years’ experience that the revenue from the line has increased to such an amount, and will remain at such an amount, as will justify a greater capital outlay by the Department, then the amount or value of any contribution in cash, labour, or material made as described in sub-regulation (1) will be refunded to the applicants to the extent of the difference between
C.8423.—Price 3d.
the total expenditure incurred by the Department and the capital expenditure which would be justified by the increased revenue: provided that refunds so made shall not be in excess of the amount contributed by the applicants, that no refund shall be made after the expiry of 10 years from the date of erection of the line, and that the minimum amount refunded at any one time shall be Five pounds. No refund will be made in the case of lines the annual revenue from which does not justify any refund being made within a period of 5 years from the commencement of the service.
Printed and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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