S.I. No. 311/1975 - Telex (Amendment) Regulations, 1975.


S.I. No. 311 of 1975.

TELEX (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1975.

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 of the Minister for Finance, hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Telex (Amendment) Regulations, 1975.

(2) The Telex Regulations 1955 to 1974 and these Regulations may be cited together as the Telex Regulations, 1955 to 1975.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1976.

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) (No. 2) Regulations, 1974 ( S.I. No. 355 of 1974 ):

"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

4.2p 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

Charge

Charge

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

12.6

4.2

3. A call to an installation in Great Britain, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands

25.2

8.4

PART II

Charges for Subscriber Keyed Calls

The charge for a subscriber keyed call shall be the sum of 4.2p 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 18th day of December, 1975.

CONOR CRUISE O'BRIEN.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 18th day of December, 1975.

RICHIE RYAN.