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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
These Regulations (1912) set out how telephone services operated by the Postmaster‑General are to be provided, charged and managed: who pays rents, call and trunk fees, deposits, licence or bond requirements, and who must build or maintain lines. They cover public phones, exchanges, private and country lines, emergency services and temporary installations. The Postmaster‑General has broad discretion to refuse or withdraw service, set tariffs and require advances or guarantees; subscribers face disconnection for non‑payment or misuse and must comply with inspection and maintenance rules (see Regs 4, 5, 12, 37).
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STATUTORY RULES.
1912. No. 65.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE POST AND TELEGRAPH ACT 1901-1910.
(Issued provisionally as Statutory Rules 1911, No. 215.)
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the undermentioned amended Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1910, namely:—
Telephone Regulations.
to come into operation on the 6th day of April, 1912.
Dated this 13th day of March, One thousand nine hundred and twelve.
DENMAN,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
E. FINDLEY.
TELEPHONE REGULATIONS.
General.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Telephone Regulations, and are divided into Parts, as follows :—
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:90.88%; margin-right:auto; margin-left:auto; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:9.85pt"><td style="width:8.24%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="text-indent:0pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Part</span></p></td><td style="width:6.38%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">I.</span></p></td><td style="width:85.38%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="margin-left:19.85pt; text-indent:-19.85pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">—Telephone Exchanges</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:9.35pt"><td style="width:8.24%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="text-indent:0pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Part</span></p></td><td style="width:6.38%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">II.</span></p></td><td style="width:85.38%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="margin-left:19.85pt; text-indent:-19.85pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">—Public Telephone Trunk Lines.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:10.1pt"><td style="width:8.24%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="text-indent:0pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Part</span></p></td><td style="width:6.38%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">III.</span></p></td><td style="width:85.38%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="margin-left:19.85pt; text-indent:-19.85pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">—Transmission of Telegrams by Telephone.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:9.85pt"><td style="width:8.24%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="text-indent:0pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Part</span></p></td><td style="width:6.38%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">IV.</span></p></td><td style="width:85.38%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="margin-left:19.85pt; text-indent:-19.85pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">—Public Telephones.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:9.85pt"><td style="width:8.24%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="text-indent:0pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Part</span></p></td><td style="width:6.38%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">V.</span></p></td><td style="width:85.38%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="margin-left:19.85pt; text-indent:-19.85pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">—Telephones to Steamships or Wharves.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:9.85pt"><td style="width:8.24%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="text-indent:0pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Part</span></p></td><td style="width:6.38%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">VI.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:85.38%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="margin-left:19.85pt; text-indent:-19.85pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">—Telephone Junction and Trunk Lines.</span></p><p class="BodyText9" style="margin-left:19.85pt; text-indent:-19.85pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">—Use of Subscribers’ Telephones by the Public on </span><span class="BodyText21" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">the </span><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Ticket System or on Payment.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:19.45pt"><td style="width:8.24%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="text-indent:0pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Part</span></p></td><td style="width:6.38%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">VII.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:9.35pt"><td style="width:8.24%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="text-indent:0pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Part</span></p></td><td style="width:6.38%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">VIII.</span></p></td><td style="width:85.38%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="margin-left:19.85pt; text-indent:-19.85pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">—Fire Brigade Lines.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:10.1pt"><td style="width:8.24%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="text-indent:0pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Part</span></p></td><td style="width:6.38%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">IX.</span></p></td><td style="width:85.38%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="margin-left:19.85pt; text-indent:-19.85pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">—Military Lines.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:9.6pt"><td style="width:8.24%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="text-indent:0pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Part</span></p></td><td style="width:6.38%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">X.</span></p></td><td style="width:85.38%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="margin-left:19.85pt; text-indent:-19.85pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">—Burglar Alarms.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:9.35pt"><td style="width:8.24%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="text-indent:0pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Part</span></p></td><td style="width:6.38%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">XI.</span></p></td><td style="width:85.38%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="BodyText9" style="margin-left:19.85pt; text-indent:-19.85pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="BodyText1" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">—Time Signals and Weather Forecasts.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:10.3pt"><td style="width:8.24%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-co
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