Mar. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 449

Telephone Regulations: Amendments.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 2nd day of March, 1931.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Orders in Council dated the seventeenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, published in the Gazette on the seventeenth day of the same month, at page 2449; the sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, published in the Gazette on the fourteenth day of the same month, at page 493; the sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, published in the Gazette on the sixteenth day of the same month, at page 1060; the twenty-eighth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, published in the Gazette on the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, at page 2684; the first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, published in the Gazette on the fourth day of the same month, at page 3122; the third day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, published in the Gazette on the sixth day of the same month, at page 3046; and the eighteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty, published in the Gazette of the twenty-seventh day of the same month, at page 852, regulations were made under the authority of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, and the Post and Telegraph Act, 1928, for the control of telephone exchanges and for the other purposes specified therein:

And whereas it is desirable to amend and add to the above-recited regulations in the manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1928, and of all other powers and authorities in that behalf enabling him, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke Parts I, II, III, and IV of the said regulations and all amendments and additions heretofore made thereto, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto, and doth amend in the manner set forth in the Schedule hereto Regulation 138, under the heading “Part VIII: Private telephone-lines not erected or maintained by the Department,” and doth order that the said revocation shall take effect and the regulations and amendment hereby made shall come into force on the date of the publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette, and that the regulations and amendment hereby made shall form part of and be read together with the above-recited regulations.

SCHEDULE.

TELEPHONE REGULATIONS.

Part I.—Telephone Exchange Service.
Part II.—Auxiliary Services and Miscellaneous Equipment.
Part III.—Intercommunication at Night at Exchanges with Restricted Attendance,
Part IV.—Public Call Offices (Coin-in-the-slot).

DEFINITIONS.

1. In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context,——

“Minister” means the Minister of Telegraphs, and includes any officer or other person acting under his authority or by his direction.

“Secretary” means the Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department.

“Subscriber” means the person who is recognized by the Minister as the holder of a telephone-exchange connection.

“Exchange” means a departmental telephone exchange consisting of one or more offices containing switching apparatus by means of which inter-communication between the various subscribers’ stations connected therewith may be given.

“Contract” means the agreement which is executed when application is made for telephone service.

“Main station,” as distinct from an extension station, means the subscriber’s main telephone set, or, in the case of a private branch exchange, the unit of switching equipment with which the subscriber’s circuit from the telephone exchange is normally connected.

“Rental” means the amount which the Minister is authorized to charge for the use of the telephone equipment which forms part of a telephone-exchange connection.

An “individual line” is a subscriber’s line connecting one subscriber’s station with a telephone exchange.

A “party line” is a line connecting two or more subscribers’ stations with a telephone exchange.

A “rural line” is a line connecting five to ten subscribers’ stations, all of which are situated beyond the the base-rate area, with a telephone exchange.

“Toll line” means any departmental line (as distinct from a subscriber’s line) connecting two toll stations for the use of which line a toll charge is made.

“Toll communication” means a communication over a toll line or any communication from a toll station for which a charge is payable.

“Toll station” means any office at which a toll line is provided for public use on payment of toll rates.