STATUTORY RULES.
1957. No. 46.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1950.*
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 1901-1950.
Dated this 20th day of August, 1957.
W. J Slim
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Postmaster-General.
Amendments of the Telephone Regulations.†
Definitions.
1. Regulation 4 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting the definition of “Private branch exchange” and inserting in its stead the following definition:—
“‘Private branch exchange’ means a switchboard or other apparatus that interconnects telephone services at premises of a subscriber and connects those services to the telephone system;”.
2. Regulations 111 and 112 of the Telephone Regulations are repealed and the following regulations inserted in their stead:—
Installation of exchanges.
“111.—(1.) The Department may, on the application of a subscriber, install a private branch exchange at premises of the subscriber.
“(2.) A subscriber may, with the consent in writing of a Director, enter into an agreement with a person approved by the Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs for the installation of a private branch exchange at premises of the subscriber.
“(3.) A person may install a private branch exchange in pursuance of an agreement referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation.
“(4.) In this regulation, ‘private branch exchange’ includes telephones and other equipment, the property of the Commonwealth, provided by the Department for installation in connexion with the private branch exchange and wiring and other equipment necessary for the operation of the private branch exchange.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 29th August, 1957.
† Statutory Rules 1927, 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; 1939, Nos. 34, 236 and 261; 1942, No. 504; 1943, No. 141; 1946, No. 118; 1948, No. 113; 1949, No. 39; 1950, No. 92; 1951, No. 74; 1954, No. 29; 1955, Nos. 27, 59 and 73; 956, Nos. 68 and 76; and 1957, No. 21.
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Subscriber not to alter exchange except with approval.
“112. Where a private branch exchange has been installed, in pursuance of an agreement referred to in sub-regulation (2.) of the last preceding regulation, at premises of a subscriber, the subscriber shall not, except with the approval in writing of a Director or a person authorized by a Director, make, or permit to be made, an alteration to, or a modification of, the exchange or any equipment installed in connexion with the exchange.
Penalty: Fifty pounds.
Maintenance of exchanges.
“112a.—(1.) The Department may maintain a private branch exchange installed in pursuance of an agreement referred to in sub-regulation (2.) of regulation 111 of these Regulations, and the subscriber is liable to pay to the Department, for that maintenance, an amount equal to the cost of that maintenance as determined by a Director.
“(2.) The obligation of the subscriber under this regulation to pay for the maintenance of a private branch exchange does not extend to the maintenance of any equipment that is the property of the Commonwealth.”.
Cost of wiring installed by the Department.
3. Regulation 114 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting the word “The” (first occurring) and inserting in its stead the words “Where a private branch exchange is installed by the Department, the”.
Charges for services, etc., that are Commonwealth property.
4. Regulation 115 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by inserting after the word “apparatus” (first occurring) the words, “being lines, services or apparatus that are the property of the Commonwealth,”.
By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.