S.I. No. 355/1974 - Telex (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1974.

S.I. No. 355 of 1974.

TELEX (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) REGULATIONS, 1974.

I, CONOR CRUISE O'BRIEN, 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 for the Minister for Finance, hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Telex (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1974.

(2) The collective citation the Telex Regulations 1955 to 1974, shall include these Regulations.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of January 1975.

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

4. The Telex Regulations, 1955 ( S.I. No. 229 of 1955 ), shall be amended by the substitution of the following for the Schedule thereto (inserted in those Regulations by the Telex (Amendment) Regulations, 1971 ( S.I. No. 4 of 1971 )):

"Schedule

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	3p 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
	p	p
2. Any other call to an installation in Ireland, the distance between the telex exchanges connected for the purpose of the call being in excess of 80 kilometres	9	3
3. A call to an installation in Great Britain, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands	18	6

PART II

Charges for Subscriber Keyed Calls

The charge for a subscriber keyed call shall be the sum of 3p 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 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

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 4th day of December, 1974.

CONOR CRUISE O'BRIEN.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the

foregoing Regulations.

RICHIE RYAN

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 4th day

of December, 1974.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations substitute a new Schedule of telex call charges which provides for an increase in the basic unit of charge from 2½p to 3p for internal telex calls, calls to Northern Ireland and Cross-Channel calls.