STATUTORY RULES
1914 No. 9.
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PROVISIONAL REGULATION UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901–1912.
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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 Regulation under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901–1912, namely:—
Telephone Regulations 1913.
Regulation 15a (1) and (2)
should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulation to come into operation forthwith as a Provisional Regulation.
Dated this fifth day of February, One thousand nine hundred and fourteen,
DENMAN,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
AGAR WYNNE.
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Amendment of Telephone Regulations 1913 (Statutory Rules 1913, No. 349).
After Regulation 15 the following Regulation is inserted:—
“15A (1). If any subscriber becomes insolvent or bankrupt the Deputy Postmaster-General may order that the telephone used by the subscriber shall be forthwith disconnected from the Exchange, and may cancel the agreement, and cause the name of the subscriber to be removed from the list, and may order the removal of all wires, instruments, and fittings.
(2). If a subscriber, whose telephone has been disconnected from the Exchange on his becoming insolvent or bankrupt, requires further service, he shall make application for reconnexion with the Exchange, and such application shall be treated as an application for a new line.”
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