S.I. No. 295/1981 - Telex (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1981.

I, PATRICK COONEY, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2 of the Telegraph Act, 1885, hereby make, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Telex (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1981.

(2) The collective citation “the Telex Regulations, 1980 and 1981,” shall include these Regulations.

2. (a) These Regulations, in so far as they specify the charges payable for the installation, connection for use or provision of a Telex Exchange Line, shall come into operation on 1st day of September, 1981.

(b) These Regulations in so far as they provide for matters other than those mentioned in paragraph (a) of this Regulation, shall come into operation on the 1st day of October, 1981.

3. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

4. The Telex Regulations, 1980 ( S.I. No. 197 of 1980 ), are hereby amended by the substitution of the following Schedule for the Schedule thereto (inserted by Regulation 4 (c) of the Telex (Amendment) Regulation, 1981 ( S.I. No. 107 of 1981 )):—

“SCHEDULE

Regulations 5 and 29

Part I

Charges for Calls other than Subscriber Keyed Calls

Description of Call	Charge
1. A call between two installations connected with the same telex exchange.	9.13p for each three minutes or part of three minutes
	For the first three minutes or part of three minutes	For each minute or part of a minute after the first three minutes
2. Any other call to an installation in the State or in Nothern Ireland, the distance between the telex exchanges connected for the purpose of the call being in excess of 80 kilometres	p 27.39	p 9.13
3. A call to an installation in Great Britain, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands	54.78	18.26

Part II

Charges for Subscriber Keyed Calls

The charge for a subscriber keyed call shall be the sum of 9.13p in respect of each period or part of a period of time specified in the Table to this part of this Schedule which is appropriate to the call and during which the call continues.

Description of Call	Period
1. A call between two installations connected with the same telex exchange	3 minutes
2. Any other call to an installation in the State or in Northern Ireland, the distance between the telex exchanges connected for the purpose of the call being in excess of 80 kilometres	60 seconds
3. A call to an installation in Great Britain, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.	30 seconds

Part III

Fee for every call made from a call office in addition to the normal sum payable for such call:	24p
2. Charge payable in respect of restoration of service after suspension or disconnection under the terms of Regulation 29:	£10.00

Part IV

Charge referred to in Regulation 9 (4):

£170

	GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 24th day of August, 1981.
	PATRICK COONEY

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing Regulations.

	GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 24th day of August, 1981.
	JOHN BRUTON

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The purpose of these Regulations is:

(a) to provide for an increase in the connection charge for Telex service from £150 to £170.

(b) to provide for an increase in other Telex charges of 5% approximately.