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†

Nature of circuit.

1. Regulation 65 of the Telephone Regulations is repealed.

Provision of copies of Telephone Directories.

2. Regulation 74 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (4.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(4.) Copies of any Telephone Directory issued by the Department may be purchased at the price fixed by the Director-General.”.

Interfering which operation of a public telephone.

3. After regulation 123a of the Telephone Regulations the following regulations are inserted:—

“123B. A person shall not—

(a) wilfully prevent or interfere with the proper working or operation of a public telephone or of any apparatus connected with a public telephone; or

(b) do an act that will, to his knowledge, prevent or interfere with the proper working or operation of a public telephone or of any apparatus connected with a public telephone,

except, in the case of a person who is an officer, in the performance of his duties as an officer.

Penalty: One hundred dollars.

* 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; 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 and 130; 1940, Nos. 14, 28 and 230; 1941, Nos. 15, 126, 236 and 261; 1942, No. 504; 1943, No. 141; 1946, No. 119; 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, 88, 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 and 135; 1962, Nos. 5, 9, 13, 25, 35, 52, 54, 65, 78 and 104; 1963, Nos. 7, 30, 44, 68, 96 and 132; 1964, Nos. 4, 85, 102 and 123; 1965, Nos. 11, 14, 21 and 34; 1966, 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.

1940/67—Price 5c 9/11.1.1972

Displaying advertisements, etc, on public telephone.

“123c A person shall not—

(a) write a notice or advertisement or any other matter or thing on a public telephone or a wall, or any other part, of a public telephone cabinet, either inside or outside the cabinet; or

(b) cause or permit a notice or advertisement or any other written matter or thing—

(i) to be displayed in a public telephone cabinet; or

(ii) to be attached to, or written on, a public telephone or a wall, or any other part, of a public telephone cabinet, either inside or outside the cabinet,

except, in the case of a person who is an officer, in the performance of his duties as an officer.

Penalty: Fifty dollars.

Applications for calls.

4. Regulation 136 of the Telephone Regulations is repealed.

Calls at fixed times.

5. Regulation 137 of the Telephone Regulations is amended by omitting the word “periods” and inserting in its stead the word “times”.

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