STATUTORY RULES.
1935. No. 96.
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 second day of October, 1935.
ISAAC A. ISAACS
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
A. J. McLACHLAN
Postmaster-General.
Amendment of the Telephone Regulations.†
Provision of service not wholly provided by the Department.
Regulation 91 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (f) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—
“(f) where the privately constructed portion of the line is extended so that more than one point can communicate with the exchange—
(i) an annual fee of £1 per annum shall be charged for each additional point except in cases to which sub-paragraph (ii) of this paragraph applies;
(ii) where all the points connected to the service are situated on the same property and are rented by the same subscriber the annual fee shall be 10s. for each additional point, the subscriber shall be responsible for all charges in respect of the service, the entry in the telephone directory shall be in the name of the subscriber, and he shall be permitted one free entry only;
(iii) the fees specified in sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this paragraph shall cover the supply by the Department of a wall-pattern telephone, complete with batteries, for each point for installation by the applicant at his own cost;—
and”.
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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 2nd October, 1935.
†Statutory Rules 1927, No. 145, as amended by Statutory Rules 1928, No. 99; 1929, Nos. 122 and 133; 1930, Nos. 2, 7. 15. 34 and 112; 1931, Nos. 86 and 137; 1932, No. 16; 1933, Nos. 13, 14, 56, 64, 84 and 135; 1934, Nos. 30 and 114; and 1935 Nos. 25, 28 and 93.
By Authority: L.F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.
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