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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 57

Methods of Payment of Charges.

115. In the case of calls from subscribers’ stations, the charge shall be either debited to the lessee of the calling station or dealt with as a “collect” or “transferred charge” call in accordance with Regulation 117 or 118 hereof respectively; but unless otherwise specified by the caller, the charges shall be debited to the lessee of the calling station.

116 (a) Except in the case of collect calls and transferred charge calls, calls from toll stations shall be paid for by the caller in cash immediately the call is completed.
(b) Any person making request at a toll station for a toll communication may be required to deposit an amount equal to the charge for an initial period of three minutes according to the class of the communication desired and the time of the day at which it is to be effected.

117. Collect Calls.—(a) The charge for a station-to-station, person-to-person, or appointment toll call may, at the request of the caller and with the prior consent of the called subscriber, be debited to the called station.
     (b) Applications for collect calls shall be accepted only on the condition that if the called subscriber refuses to bear the charge the caller will complete the call at his own expense at the rates prescribed, or that he will pay the fee applicable to refused calls.
     (c) The charges for collect service shall be as under :—

(i) STATION-TO-STATION CALLS.

(ii) In the case of collect person-to-person or appointment calls, whether completed or not, there is no addition to the charges prescribed by Regulation 109; in the case of a refused call the report charge prescribed by that regulation shall be payable.

118. Transferred-charge Calls.—The charge for a toll call made by a telephone exchange subscriber from other than his own station may be debited to his own station, provided that the calling station and the station proposed to be debited with the charge are connected with the same exchange. The additional charge for this service shall be 1d. per call irrespective of its classification. In the event of the subscriber whose account is debited with the cost of the call refusing to pay the charge, the call shall be debited to and paid for by the subscriber at whose station the call originated.

119. Toll Accounts.—(a) Subject to the provisions of Regulation 112 for payment in advance of contract toll charges, all accounts for toll calls are payable to the Department on demand. If payment of the charge for any toll call is not made within seven days after demand, an exchange subscriber may be refused further toll calls until the outstanding amount has been paid; and, if the amount is not paid within one month after demand, the exchange service may be discontinued without prejudice to any proceedings for the recovery of any moneys due under these regulations.
     (b) Except as hereinafter provided, a daily account for toll calls will be rendered to any exchange subscriber upon payment of a fee of £1 per annum. If a subscriber requires daily accounts of toll calls made from more than one subscriber’s station, the fee shall be £1 per annum in respect of one station and 5s. per annum in respect of each additional station. In cases in which subscribers pay telephone rental on a monthly basis, the monthly fee for rendering a daily toll account shall be one-twelfth of the annual fee, plus 5 per cent. Hotels, hostels, and clubs which provide residential or general social facilities are exempt from the foregoing charges. Daily accounts are issued subject to the condition that payment shall be made not later than the day following the receipt of the account, Sundays and holidays excepted.

General.

120. A toll call from an officer of the New Zealand Air Force or a member of an aero club affiliated to the New Zealand Aero Club seeking information regarding weather conditions shall be treated as an urgent call but charged for as an ordinary call.

121. All toll calls on official business from officers of Government Departments, other than the Post and Telegraph Department, or from Postal officers on behalf of other Departments, shall be charged for at the prescribed rates.

122. When a private telephone line connected with a toll station is used for the purpose of communication on a toll line, the charges for the toll call shall be the same as if the call had originated or terminated at the toll station—i.e., the private telephone line is not calculated in the toll-line mileage.

122A. Except in a case in which a longer period has been arranged under contract in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 112, a person may be required to give up the use of a toll circuit after the elapse of six minutes if another person is waiting to use it.

122B. The Department will not undertake to refuse toll calls from any subscriber’s telephone, or to restrict in any way the hours, while the exchange is open, during which application for toll calls may be made.

122C. Particulars of a toll call to or from his telephone number, and in respect of which the relative call-card has been forwarded to the General Post Office, may be obtained by an exchange subscriber upon payment, in advance, of a fee of 1s. if the necessary particulars to enable the call card or cards to be found without delay are supplied, or 2s. 6d. if such particulars are not furnished. Should search extend beyond one hour, an additional charge of 2s. 6d. for each and every subsequent hour shall be made. Satisfactory proof of identity of the applicant as the lessee of the telephone-exchange connection from which the call originated or at which it was received, or as the agent of either, must be given in each case.

A. W. MULLIGAN,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.