Telephone (Charging Zones and Charging Districts) Regulations (Amendment)

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STATUTORY RULES

1969 No.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1968.*

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 1901-1968.

Dated this twenty-fifth day of September, 1969.

 

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Postmaster-General.

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Amendments of the Telephone (Charging Zones and Charging Districts) REGULATIONS†

Commencement.

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on the twenty-seventh day of October, 1969.

Second Schedule.

2. The Second Schedule to the Telephone (Charging Zones and Charging Districts) Regulations is amended as set out in the First Schedule to these Regulations.

Third Schedule.

3. The Third Schedule to the Telephone (Charging Zones and Charging Districts) Regulations is amended as set out in the Second Schedule to these Regulations.

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THE SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE

Regulation 2.

Amendments of the Second Schedule to the Telephone (Charging Zones and Charging Districts) Regulations

1. Insert in column 3 of item 64 of Part I., after “Kellyville”, “Old Toongabbie”.

2. Insert in column 3 of item 65 of Part I., after “Newbridge”, “Rock Forest”.

3. Omit item 98 of Part I.

4. Item 173 of Part I.—

(a) omit from column 4, “Brushgrove”; and

(b) insert in column 4, after “Grafton”, “Lawrence”.

5. Omit from column 3 of item 174 of Part I. “Lankey’s Creek”.

6. Insert in column 3 of item 177 of Part I., before “Chiverton”, “Binni Creek”.

7. Insert in column 3 of item 183 of Part I., after “Culcairn”, “Culcairn South”.

8. Omit from column 3 of item 199 of Part I. “Bureen”.

9. Insert in column 3 of item 243 of Part I., after “Gingkin”, “Porters Retreat”.

10. Omit from column 3 of item 248 of Part I. “Mitchell’s Flat”.

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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on                                    1969.

†Statutory Rules 1969, No. 1, as amended by Statutory Rules 1969, Nos. 27, 49, 63, 81, and

19758/69—Price 8c  10/4.8.1969


First Schedule—continued

11. Item 263 of Part I.—

(a) omit from column 3—

“Southgate

South Grafton”;

(b) omit from column 4 “Brushgrove”; and

(c) insert in column 4, after “Coutt’s Crossing”, “Lawrence”.

12. Insert in column 3 of item 318 of Part I., after “Kelvin”, “Yarrari”.

13. After item 339 of Part I. insert the following item:—

“339a

Lawrence.......................

Dilkoon

Copmanhurst

 

 

Lawrence

Grafton

 

 

 

Maclean

 

 

 

Whiporie”.

14. Item 364 of Part L—

(a) omit from column 3—

“Chatsworth Island

Harwood Island”.

insert—

“Brushgrove

Harwood”;

(b) omit from column 3 “Tyndale Central” and “Woodford Leigh”;

(c) omit from column 4 “Brushgrove”; and

(d) insert in column 4, after “Grafton”, “Lawrence”.

15. Omit from column 3 of item 422 of Part I.—

“Rouchel Brook

Upper Rouchel”,

insert “Rouchel”.

16. Item 423 of Part I.—

(a) omit from column 2, “Myamly”, insert “Myamley”; and

(b) omit from column 3, “Myamly”, insert “Myamley”.

17. Omit from column 3 of item 460 of Part I. “Milguy”.

18. Item 507 of Part I.—

(a) insert in column 3, before “Bulga”, “Belford”; and

(b) omit from column 3, “Lower Belford”.

19. Omit from column 4 of item 560 of Part I, “Myamly”, insert “Myamley”.

20. Omit from column 4 of item 617 of Part I. “Brushgrove”, insert “Lawrence”.

21. Omit from column 3 of item 635 of Part I. “Hanworth”.

22. Omit from column 3 of item 645 of Part I. “Jilliby”.

23. Omit from column 4 of item 20 of Part II. “Rangie”, insert “Quambatook”.

24. Omit from column 3 of item 52 of Part II. “Napoleons”.

25. Omit from column 3 of item 72 of Part II. “Yeo”, insert “Yeodene”.

26. Omit from column 3 of item 121 of Part II. “Yeodene”.

27. Item 163 of Part II.—

(a) omit from column 3 “Kerang East”; and

(b) omit from column 4 “Rangie”, insert “Quambatook”.

28. Insert in column 3 of item 174 of Part II., before “Drummond”, “Baynton”.

29. Omit from column 4 of item 178 of Part II. “Rangie”, insert “Quambatook”.

30. Omit from column 4 of item 181 of Part II. “Rangie”, insert “Quambatook”.

31. Omit from column 3 of item 192 of Part II. “Kingower”.

32. Item 233 of Part II.—

(a) omit from column 3—

“Capel’s Crossing

Gonn Crossing”,

insert “Benjeroop”;

(b) omit from column 3 “Murrabit West”; and

(c) omit from column 4 “Rangie”, insert “Quambatook”.

33. After item 269 of Part II. insert the following item:—

“269a

Quambatook .. ..

Dingwell

Burrapoort

 

 

Pine View

Kerang

 

 

Quambatook

Lake Metan

 

 

 

Lalbert

 

 

 

Murrabit”.

34. Omit item 272 of Part II.

35. Omit from column 3 of item 274 of Part II. “Baynton”.


First Schedule—continued

36. Item 289 of Part II.—

(a) omit from column 3 “Ross Creek”, insert “Napoleons”; and

(b) omit from column 3 “Smythe’s Creek”.

37. Omit from column 3 of item 301 of Part II. “Creek Junction” and “Kithbrook”.

38. Omit from column 3 of item 33 of Part III. “Owanyilla”.

39. After item 38 of Part III, insert the following item:—

“38a

Benlidi..................

Benlidi

Blackall

 

 

 

Springleigh”.

40. Insert in column 4 of item 40 of Part III., after “Goondiwindi”, “Kondar”.

41. Insert in column 4 of item 44 of Part III., before “Yalleroi”, “Benlidi”.

42. Omit from column 3 of item 68 of Part III. “Pampas”.

43. After item 72 of Part III. insert the following item:—

“72a

Bungunya North...........

Bungunya North

Kondar

 

 

 

Talwood

 

 

 

Toobeah”.

44. Insert in column 3 of item 137 of Part III., after “Sounder’s Beach”, “Yabula”.

45. Insert in column 4 of item 188 of Part III., after “Billa Billa”, “Kondar”.

46. Omit from column 3 of item 230 of Part III. “Lancelot”.

47. Insert in column 4 of item 245 of Part III., after “Elalie”, “Koumala”.

48. After item 259 of Part III. insert the following item:—

“259a

Kondar.................

Kondar

Billa Billa

 

 

 

Bungunya North

 

 

 

Goondiwindi

 

 

 

Toobeah”.

49. Insert in column 4 of item 260 of Part III., after “Blue Mountain”, “Kalarka”. insert space before

50. After item 267 of Part III. insert the following item:—

“267a

Lake Elphinstone  ..

Lake Elphinstone  

Nebo”.

51. Omit from column 3 of item 287 of Part III. “Kureen”.

52. Insert in column 4 of item 352 of Part III., after “Blue Mountain”, “Lake Elphinstone”.

53. Insert in column 3 of item 396 of Part III., after “Alton Downs”, “Frenchville”.

54. Insert in column 3 of item 407 of Part III., after “Campwin Beach”, “Hay Point”.

55. Item 417 of Part III.—

(a) omit from column 3 “Benlidi”; and

(b) insert in column 4, before “Emmett”, “Benlidi”.

56. Insert in column 4 of item 428 of Part III., before “Daymar”, “Bungunya North”.

57. Item 446 of Part III.—

(a) insert in column 4, after “Billa Billa”, “Bungunya North”; and

(b) insert in column 4, after “Goondiwindi”, “Kondar”.

58. Insert in column 4 of item 133 of Part IV., after “Olary”, “Yuma”.

59. Insert in column 4 of item 293 of Part IV., before “Nackara”, “Mannahill”.

60. Omit from column 3 of item 191 of Part V., “Harewood” and “Somerset Hill”.

61. Omit from column 3 of item 205 of Part V. “Gnarming”.

62. Omit from column 3 of item 232 of Part V. “Jindong”.

63. Omit from column 3 of item 303 of Part V. “Flybrook”, “Pemberton North” and “Pemberton West”.

64. Omit from column 3 of item 8 of Part VI. “Tea Tree”.

65. Omit from column 3 of item 23 of Part VI. “Blue Rocks”.

66. Omit from column 3 of item 28 of Part VI. “Lefroy” and “Piper’s Brook”.

67. Omit from column 3 of item 30 of Part VI. “Flowery Gully” and “Holwell”.

68. Omit item 63 of Part VI.

69. Item 72 of Part VI.—

(a) omit from column 4, “Rocky Cape”; and

(b) insert in column 4, after “Smithton”, “Wynyard”.

70. Item 81 of Part VI.—

(a) insert in column 3, after “Preolenna”, “Rocky Cape”; and

(b) omit from column 4 “Rocky Cape”, insert “Stanley”.


SECOND SCHEDULE     Regulation 3.

Amendments of the Third Schedule to the Telephone (Charging Zones and Charging Districts) Regulations

1. Omit from column 3 of item 14 of Part I. “Myamly”, insert “Myamley”.

2. Item 25 of Part I.—

(a) omit from column 3 “Brushgrove”; and

(b) insert in column 3, after “Grafton”, “Lawrence”.

3. Omit from column 3 of item 19 of Part II. “Rangie”, insert “Quambatook”.

4. Item 18 of Part III.—

(a) insert in column 3, after “Billa Billa”, “Bungunya North”; and

(b) insert in column 3, after “Goondiwindi”, “Kondar”.

5. Insert in column 3 of item 23 of Part III., after “Barcaldine”, “Benlidi”.

6. Insert in column 3 of item 24 of Part III., after “Koumala”, “Lake Elphinstone”.

7. Omit from column 3 of item 1 of Part VI. “Rocky Cape”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Overview

The Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1968, enacted by the Parliament of Australia, was introduced to regulate and provide for the administration of postal and telegraph services across Australia. The 1969 Regulations under this Act aimed to address the need for adjustments in telephone charging zones and districts to reflect changes in population distribution, economic activity, and technological advancements. These regulations, made by the Governor-General under the authority of the Post and Telegraph Act, aimed to streamline the efficiency of telephone services by refining the geographical delineations of charging zones and districts, thereby ensuring that the pricing structures were fair and reflective of the actual service demands in various regions.

Scope and Application

The Telephone (Charging Zones and Charging Districts) Regulations 1969, made under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1968, apply to the geographical and administrative divisions specified within the Commonwealth of Australia. These regulations detail the various charging zones and districts for telephone services, setting out specific localities and regions. The amendments outlined in the schedules modify the existing zones and districts by adding, omitting, or altering certain localities. For example, localities such as Old Toongabbie, Rock Forest, and Kondar are added, while others like Brushgrove and Bureen are omitted. The regulations also adjust the nomenclature of certain areas, such as changing Myamly to Myamley, and they introduce new items into the charging zones and districts. These changes are aimed at refining the delineation of areas to better align with the actual service provision boundaries and administrative needs. The regulations are applicable nationwide, impacting all telecommunications within the specified zones and districts. There are no stated exclusions or exemptions within the text provided, and the application of these regulations is comprehensive across the designated areas. The effectiveness and enforcement of these regulations depend on the overarching framework established by the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1968, which governs postal and telecommunications services in Australia.

Key Provisions

The primary operative sections of these Regulations, as indicated in the text, are sections 1, 2, and 3. Section 1 sets the commencement date for the Regulations as 27 October 1969. Section 2 details the amendments to the Second Schedule of the Telephone (Charging Zones and Charging Districts) Regulations, which involves changes to various items in Part I, such as the insertion of new localities and the omission of others. Section 3 outlines amendments to the Third Schedule of the same Regulations, again detailing changes to specific items in Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part VI. These Regulations impose several obligations and requirements on the parties or entities they govern. Primarily, they mandate adjustments to the existing charging zones and charging districts for telephone services across various localities in Australia. This includes the addition of new localities to the list, the removal of others, and the reclassification of some areas to reflect changes in service zones or district boundaries. These changes are designed to ensure that the charging zones and districts accurately represent the current service areas and to facilitate proper billing and service provision. Any breach of these Regulations could lead to civil or criminal consequences, although the specific penalties are not detailed within the text. Typically, such breaches might result in fines or other penalties as determined by relevant authorities. The exact nature and extent of these penalties would depend on the specifics of the breach and the applicable laws at the time of the offence. In summary, these Regulations amend the Second and Third Schedules of the Telephone (Charging Zones and Charging Districts) Regulations by introducing changes to the listed localities and service areas. These amendments are intended to ensure that the charging zones and districts accurately reflect current service realities and to facilitate the proper administration of telephone services across the specified areas.

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