Telephone (Amendment) Regulations, 1975.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Telephone (Amendment) Regulations, 1975.
(2) The Telephone Regulations, 1959 to 1974, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Telephone Regulations, 1959 to 1975.
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paragraphs: These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1976.
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paragraphs: The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations—
"The Regulations of 1968" means the Telephone (Amendment) Regulations, 1968 ( S.I. No. 274 of 1968 );
"the Regulations of 1971" means the Telephone (Amendment) Regulations, 1971 ( S.I. No. 63 of 1971 );
"the Regulations of 1973" means the Telephone (Amendment) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 193 of 1973 );
"the Regulations of 1974" means the Telephone (Amendment) Regulations, 1974 ( S.I. No. 363 of 1974 ).
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paragraphs: (1) The Telephone Regulations, 1959 ( S.I. No. 118 of 1959 ), shall be amended by:
( a ) The insertion of the following definition, namely, "reverse charge call" means a call between telephones in the State or between a telephone in the State and a telephone in Northern Ireland, Great Britain, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands where the person making the call requests the telephone exchange operator that the charge or charges payable in respect of the call (save any personal charge in case the call is made from a coinbox exchange line) shall be charged to and payable by the person who is the subscriber in respect of the called telephone and the telephone exchange operator obtains from the person answering on the called telephone a consent to the request before the call is established," after the definition of "private telephone circuit" in Regulation 4;
( b ) the substitution of "3.2p" for "2.36p" in Regulation 5 (2) (a) (inserted therein by Regulation 5 (1) (a) of the Regulations of 1974);
( c ) the substitution of "15p" for "12p" in Regulation 9 (1) (inserted therein by Regulation 5 (f) of the Regulations of 1974);
( d ) the substitution of "15p" for "10p" in Regulation 12 (inserted therein by Regulation 5 (g) of the Regulations of 1974);
( e ) the substitution of "10p" for "7p" in Regulation 17A (inserted by Regulation 5 (e) of the Regulations of 1968 and amended by Regulation 5 (h) of the Regulations of 1974);
( f ) the insertion of the following Regulation after Regulation 17A:
"17B (1) A reverse charge call shall not be made to a coinbox exchange line.
(2) In case a reverse charge call is made to a telephone in the State from a telephone in the State, Northern Ireland, Great Britain, the Isle of Man, or the Channel Islands, there shall be charged to and payable by the subscriber who is the subscriber in respect of the called telephone the sum of 15p in addition to such other charge or charges (save any personal charge in case the call is made from a coinbox exchange line) as may be payable under these Regulations in respect of the call as if the call were made from the called telephone.
(3) If, notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this Regulation, a reverse charge call is made to a coinbox exchange line, the Minister may, at his discretion and notwithstanding anything in paragraph (2) of this Regulation, direct that such sums as are chargeable and payable in respect of the call shall be chargeable and payable by the subscriber who is the subscriber in respect of the calling telephone, and in case the Minister so directs, the aforesaid sums shall be so chargeable and payable.
(4) A person making a call from a coinbox exchange line or from a call office, or the person answering on the called telephone, may, before the termination of the call, request the telephone exchange operator that the duration of the call be extended for a further period beyond the period in respect of which payment was made in cash and that the charge or charges payable in respect of the further period shall be charged to and payable by the person who is the subscriber in respect of the called telephone and when such a request is made, and provided the person answering on the called telephone consents to the request when it is made by the person making the call, the call may be so extended as if it were a newly established reverse charge call and paragraph (2) of this regulation shall apply thereto from the time of its extension.
(5) In case a reverse charge call is made from a telephone in the State, subject to paragraph (3) of this Regulation, no charge or charges in respect of the call (save any personal charge in case the call is made from a coinbox exchange line) shall be payable by the subscriber in respect of that telephone save as is provided for in paragraph (2) of this Regulation."
( g ) the substitution of "£2.00" for "37½p" in Regulation 44 (inserted therein by Regulation 5 (q) of the Regulations of 1971).