S.I. No. 185/1969 -- Telephone (Amendment) Regulations, 1969.
S.I. No. 185/1969: TELEPHONE (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1969. |
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TELEPHONE (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1969. |
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I, PATRICK J. LALOR, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2 of the Telegraph Act, 1885, and with the consent of the Minister for Finance, hereby make the following regulations :-- |
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1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Telephone (Amendment) Regulations, 1969. |
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(2) The Telephone Regulations, 1959 to 1968, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Telephone Regulations, 1959 to 1969. |
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2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 13th day of October, 1969. |
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3. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations. |
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4. (1) Regulation 5 of the Telephone Regulations, 1959 ( S.I. No. 118 of 1959 ), shall be amended as follows :-- |
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(a) in paragraph (2) (b), as amended by Regulation 4 (a) of the Regulations of 1965, " fivepence " is hereby substituted for " three pence halfpenny "; |
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(b) in paragraph (3) (a), as amended by Regulation 4 (b) of the Regulations of 1965, " sixpence " is hereby substituted for " fourpence "; and |
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(c) in paragraph (3) (b), as amended by Regulation 4 (c) of the Regulations of 1965, " sixpence " is hereby substituted for " fourpence ". |
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(2) In this Regulation " the Regulations of 1965 " means the Telephone (Amendment) Regulations, 1965 ( S.I. No. 33 of 1965 ). |
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 1st day of October, 1969. |
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PATRICK JOSEPH LALOR. |
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The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing regulations.. |
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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 1st day of October, 1969. |
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CHARLES J. HAUGHEY. |
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EXPLANATORY NOTE. |
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The purpose of these Regulations is to amend the Telephone Regulations, 1959, and the Telephone (Amendment) Regulations, 1965, to provide for the following increases in local call charges:-- |
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(1) Increase in the charge to the renter of a coinbox exchange line from 3 ½d. to 5d. |
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(2) Increase in the amount charged to the caller from a coinbox exchange line or public telephone from 4d. to 6d. |
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