STATUTORY RULES

1972 No.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1971.*

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 1901-1971.

Dated this twenty-third day of June, 1972.

Governor General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Sgd. Alan S. Hulme

Postmaster-General.

Amendments of the Telephone Regulations†

Illegal use of public telephones.

1. Regulation 123 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the word and figures “and 135b” and inserting in their stead the word and figures “, 135b and 135c”.

Liability of subscriber.

2. Regulation 129 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting the word and figures “and 135b” and inserting in their stead the word and figures “, 135b and 135c”.

Trunk calls from subscriber’s telephone.

3. Regulation 134 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the word and figures “and 135b” and inserting in their stead the word and figures “, 135b and 135c”.

Calls from public telephones.

4. Regulation 135 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting the word and figures “and 135b” and inserting in their stead the word and figures “, 135b and 135c”.

Trunk calls by holders of credit cards.

5 Regulation 135a of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2.).

6. After regulation 135b of the Telephone Regulations the following regulations are inserted:—

Charging of telephone calls to another telephone service.

“135c.—(1.) Where—

(a) a trunk call is made by a person who requests, at the time the call is ordered—

(i) if the call is made from a public telephone—that the fee payable for the call be charged to the telephone account of a subscriber or

*Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on  1972.

†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; 1913, 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 36; 1938 No. 4; 1939, Nos. 34 and 130; 1940, Nos. 14, 23 and 230; 1941, Nos. 15, 126, 236 and 261; 1942, No. 504; 1943, No. 141; 1945, No. 118; 1948, No. 113; 1949, No. 39; 1950, No. 92; 1951, No. 74; 1954. No. 29; 1955, Nos. 27, 59 and 73; 1956. Nos. 68 and 76; 1957, Nos. 21 and 46; 1958, No. 14; 1959, No. 83; 1960, Nos. 26, 71, 79, 89, 95, 100 and 101; 1961, Nos. 8, 9, 17, 26, 41, 47, 56, 66, 70, 75, 80, 85, 94, 106, 109, 113, 115, 119, 124, 135 and 148; 1961, Nos. 6, 9, 13, 25, 35, 52, 54, 65, 78 and 104; 1963, Nos. 7, 30, 49, 68, 96 and 132; 1964, Nos. 4, 85, 102, 123 and 137; and 137; 1965, Nos. 11, 14, 21 and 34; 1960, Nos. 22 and 147; 1967, Nos. 88 and 157; 1968, Nos. 18 and 145; 1969, Nos. 19 and 172; 1970, No. 67; and 1971, No. 57; and Acts No. 63, 1967; No. 63, 1970; and No. 70, 1971

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(ii) if the call is made from the telephone of a subscriber—that the fee payable for the call be charged to the telephone account of another subscriber; and

(b) the telephonist at the calling exchange does not reject the request,

the fee payable for the call is payable by the subscriber to whose telephone account the call was requested to be charged.

“(2.) The Director may, in order to prevent abuse of the facility provided under this regulation, direct that the facility is not available in specified circumstances, and the telephonist at the exchange at which an order for a call is placed shall not reject a request under sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation unless the call is a call in respect of which such a direction is applicable.

Fraudulent booking of trunk calls.

“135d. A person who orders a trunk call shall not request the telephonist at the calling exchange to charge the call—

(a) to the telephone account of another person unless the first-mentioned person is authorized by the other person to make the request; or

(b) to a telephone account that is a fictitious telephone account.

Penalty: Fifty dollars.”.

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