STATUTORY RULES
1968 No.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1966.*
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 1901-1966.
Dated this fourteenth day of February, 1968.
CASEY
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Postmaster-General
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Amendments of the Telephone Regulations†
Objectionable or fictitious messages.
1. Regulation 63 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words—
“Penalty: One hundred dollars.”
and inserting in their stead the words—
“Penalty: Two hundred dollars or imprisonment for twelve months.”.
Provision of services partly by the Department and partly by the subscriber.
2. Regulation 91 of the Telephone Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting paragraph (e) of sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—
“(e) For the rental and charges referred to in the last preceding paragraph, the Department shall provide all necessary exchange equipment and shall, without cost to the applicant, install a telephone;”;
(b) by omitting sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (f) of sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-paragraph:—
“(ii) in return for that fee, the Department shall, without cost to the applicant, install a telephone for each additional point;”; and
(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the word “provide” (wherever occurring) and inserting in its stead the word “install”.
Installation of apparatus.
3. Regulation 101 of the Telephone Regulations is repealed.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1968.
† Statutory Rules 1927, No. 145, as amended to date. For previous amendments of the Telephone Regulations, see footnote to Statutory Rules1968, No. 18, and see also Statutory Rules 1968, No. 18; and Act No. 63, 1967.
By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra
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