SEPT. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2455

Removal to other premises within the base-rate area, 17s. 6d. for each main-station telephone and 10s. for each extension telephone; except that in cases where the period of contract has not expired the subscriber shall pay, in addition to the foregoing fee or fees, the estimated cost of the labour involved in erecting any new wire required to establish a connection between the exchange and the new premises.

Removal from one room to another in the same premises, 12s. 6d. per telephone. Removal from one position to another in the same room, or substitution of a desk telephone for a wall set or vice versa, 10s. per telephone.

Removal of extension bell or any other item of miscellaneous equipment which involves labour in fitting, 5s. per instrument.

50. When a subscriber removes to premises in which a telephone is already installed and no change of location is required, a charge of 5s. shall be made to cover the cost of changing the wires and records at the exchange.

51. For removals beyond the base-rate area the subscriber shall be required to pay in advance, in addition to the charges prescribed in Regulation 49, the estimated cost of the workmen’s travelling time and expenses beyond the boundary of the base-rate area.

52. In the event of a subscriber removing from, or giving up possession of, the premises in which the telephone is situated, without paying in advance the cost of removing the instrument, or making other arrangements approved of by the Secretary for the removal of the telephone or discontinuance of the service, the Secretary may disconnect the telephone and remove any instruments and fittings, and notwithstanding such disconnection and removal may recover from the subscriber the rental and other charges payable to the end of the term agreed upon, or which are due under these regulations.

Transfer of Connection.

53. A fee of 5s. shall be payable for the transfer of an existing exchange connection whether the transfer necessitates a removal or not. In all cases the proper form of transfer, containing the transferor’s consent to the transfer, shall be executed, and all outstanding toll fees paid before the transfer is granted. Any rental held by the Department in respect of the period subsequent to the date of transfer shall be credited to the account of the transferee. The transfer of a telephone to another person involving its removal shall be granted only in exceptional circumstances or where the transfer is in respect of a connection still under contract, and on payment of the additional charges prescribed for removal.

54. A person who has entered into the occupation of any premises having a telephone service shall not be entitled to make use of the telephone until he has obtained a transfer; and if such person makes use of the service before obtaining a transfer he shall be deemed to have assumed the service, and (without prejudice to any liability of the subscriber or any right or power of the Department) shall be liable for all amounts owing in respect of the service at the time he entered into occupation of the premises, as well as amounts which become payable in respect of any use of the telephone after that time.

55. (1.) A subscriber shall not sell or offer for sale his telephone service; neither shall a subscriber accept a monetary offer for the transfer of his telephone except as provided for in these regulations.

(2.) If any subscriber violates this regulation, or any telephone connection is obtained by the violation of this regulation, the Minister may require the telephone service in respect of which the offence is committed to be forfeited, and may disconnect the premises from the telephone exchange with which such premises are connected, and may remove any telephone instruments and apparatus therefrom.

(3.) Nothing in this regulation shall prevent the transfer of a telephone service to a new or existing subscriber, with the consent of the Department, upon or in connection with a bona fide change of the occupancy of the premises in which the service is installed.

Hours of Attendance at Telephone Exchanges.

56. The number of hours during which telephone service shall be ordinarily available to subscribers at the various exchanges shall be determined on the basis of the number of paying subscribers’ main stations connected with the exchange.

Basis of Attendance.

At exchanges at which the number of paying subscribers’ main stations does not exceed 50
The period of attendance shall not exceed eight hours per week-day, usually from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

At exchanges at which the number of paying subscribers’ main stations exceeds 50 and does not exceed 100
The period of attendance shall not exceed fourteen hours per week-day, usually from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

At exchanges at which the number of paying subscribers’ main stations exceeds 100 and does not exceed 200
The period of attendance shall not exceed eighteen hours per week-day, usually from 6 a.m. to midnight, and two hours on Sundays and holidays.

At exchanges at which the number of paying subscribers’ main stations exceeds 200 and does not exceed 1,000
The period of attendance shall be continuous—i.e., all day and all night: Provided that not less than two-thirds of the business subscribers and not less than two-thirds of the residential subscribers express in writing to the Secretary their desire that the telephone-exchange attendance be so extended; such expression to be operative until reversed by an expression of the desire of not less than two-thirds of the business subscribers and two-thirds of the residential subscribers that the period of attendance be reduced to eighteen hours per week-day and two hours on Sundays and holidays.

At exchanges at which the number of paying subscribers’ main stations exceeds 1,000
The period of attendance shall be continuous—i.e., all day and all night.