Telephone Regulations (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1915. No. 234.

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 Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1913, should come into immediate operation, and make the amended Regulation to come into operation forthwith as a Provisional Regulation.

Dated this first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

WILLIAM WEBSTER,

Postmaster-General.

 

Amendment of the Telephone Regulations 1913.

(Statutory Rules 1913 No. 349.)

Regulation 86 is repealed, and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead: —

86. (1) For conversations over any such private telephone line connected with a telegraph office, the following charges shall be made: —

(a) For a messenger sent to call to the office any person residing within the usual radius of free delivery of telegrams.....................................................................................   3d.

(b) For a messenger sent to call to the office any person from beyond the radius of free delivery of telegrams, the usual porterage charges in addition to the above-mentioned charge of 3d.

(c) The charges specified in (a) and (b) shall be paid by the caller irrespective of whether the desired person answers the call or not.

(d) For each conversation of three minutes, or portion thereof................  2d.

(2) This Regulation applies not only to conversations between the licensee and any other person, but also to conversations between any two persons who use the line with the licensee’s consent, but no charges other than the charges specified in these Regulations may be made for those conversations.*

(3) The licensee or any bonâ fide employee of the licensee may, however, speak over his private line from the Post Office with which such line is connected, free of charge.

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Regulation, a person who was a subscriber on the 15th day of September, 1915, shall not, without the authority of the Postmaster-General, charge more than 1d. for the use of his telephone until the 10th day of December, 1915. 

* See also Regulation 88. See section 129 Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1913.

 

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