Telephone Regulations, 1942.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Telephone Regulations, 1942.
2 Commencement.
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paragraphs: These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of February, 1942.
3 Interpretation.
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paragraphs: The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.
4 Definitions.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations—
the expression " the Minister " means the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs,
the word " telephone " means a telegraphic transmitting or receiving instrument used or intended to be used at any office for the purpose of transmitting or receiving by means of electricity spoken messages or communications,
the expression " telephonic message " means a spoken message or communication transmitted by telephone,
the word " office " means a building, part of a building, or other place which is telegraphically connected or intended to be connected, whether permanently or temporarily, by a telegraphic line or telegraphic lines with some other building, part of a building, or place (whether the buildings, parts of buildings, or places respectively be occupied or used solely by one person or by two or more persons jointly) and in which telephones are intended to be used for the purpose of enabling any person to transmit from and receive at such building, part of a building, or place telephonic messages,
the word " exchange " means a building or apparatus telegraphically connected or intended to be so connected with two or more offices by telegraphic lines and used or intended to be used for the purpose of enabling telephonic messages to be transmitted direct between such offices by means of or with the aid of such lines and of appliances placed in or forming part of the exchange,
the expression " exchange line " means a telegraphic line and apparatus connecting an exchange with an office,
the word " subscriber " means a person with whom the Minister makes or has made an agreement for the purpose of enabling such subscriber to communicate with other persons by means of the telegraphic line specified in that agreement and through the medium of an exchange,
the word " agreement " means an agreement between the Minister and a subscriber,
references to calls made by a subscriber shall be construed as meaning calls made by means of an exchange line which is the subject of an agreement, whether the call is made by the subscriber or by another person,
the expression " exchange system " means an exchange or group of exchanges directed by the Minister to be regarded as an exchange system, together with the exchange lines to any such exchange and, in the case of any such group of exchanges, the telegraphic lines connecting those exchanges with one another,
the expression " trunk line " means a telegraphic line used for telephonic communication and connecting an exchange system with another exchange system,
the expression " call office " means an office open to the public for the purpose of the transmission and reception of telephonic messages,
the word " caller " means a person attending at a call office for the purpose of transmitting or receiving a telephonic message,
the expression " international telephone line " means a telegraphic line used for telephonic communication between any place or places in the State and any place or places outside the State,
the expression " telegraphic line " has the meaning given to it by the Telegraph Act, 1878, for the purposes of that Act,
the expression " local call " means a call either to an office connected with the exchange (in this and the next following definition referred to as the primary exchange) with which the subscriber making the call, or the call office from which the call is made, is connected or to an office connected with an exchange which is distant not more than seven and one-half miles from the primary exchange,
the expression " trunk call " means a call to an office connected with an exchange which is distant more than seven and one-half miles from the primary exchange,
the expression " personal call " means a call which is specified by the subscriber or caller to be a call for establishment of telephoniccommunication between the subscriber or caller and a designated person or, at the request (made when the application for the call is made) of the subscriber or caller, between the subscriber or caller and a designated person or a substitute for that person,
the expression " personal charge " means a charge in respect of a personal call or an attempt to effect a personal call,
the expression " fixed-time call " means a call to be effected at or about a time specified in advance by the subscriber or caller,
the expression " fixed-time charge " means a charge in respect of a fixed-time call or an attempt to effect a fixed-time call.
5 Charges for calls by a subscriber.
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paragraphs: (1) In respect of every call made by a subscriber where the distance between the exchanges connected for the purpose of the call does not exceed thirty-five miles, there shall be charged and paid (subject to the provisions of Regulation 13 hereof), for each period of three minutes or a part of three minutes during which the call continues, the charge stated in the First Schedule to these Regulations which is appropriate to the call.
(2) In respect of every call made by a subscriber where the distance between the exchanges connected for the purpose of the call exceeds thirty-five miles, there shall be charged and paid (subject to the provisions of Regulation 13 hereof)—.