Telex (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme, 1985.
This Scheme amends the 1980 telex regulations, updates definitions, sets subscription charges for subscriber terminal equipment, and adds limits on what subscribers may attach or connect to telex installations.
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Telex (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme, 1985.
This Scheme amends the 1980 telex regulations, updates definitions, sets subscription charges for subscriber terminal equipment, and adds limits on what subscribers may attach or connect to telex installations.
S.I. No. 188/1985 - Telex (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme, 1985. S.I. No. 188 of 1985. TELEX (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) SCHEME, 1985. BORD TELECOM ÃIREANN, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Section 90 of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983 (No. 24 of 1983), hereby makes the following Scheme: 1. (1) This Scheme may be cited as the Telex (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme, 1985. (2) The collective citation "The Telex Schemes, 1980 to 1985", shall include this Scheme. 2. This Scheme shall come into operation on the 1st day of July 1985. 3. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Scheme. 4. In this Scheme "the Regulations of 1980" means the Telex Regulations, 1980 ( S.I. No. 197 of 1980 ). 5. Regulation 4 of the Regulations of 1980 is hereby amended by ) the substitution of the following definition for that of "installation": '"installation" means a telex line and equipment associated therewith and, where the subscriber has for the purpose concluded an agreement with Bord Telecom Ãireann, subscriber's terminal equipment supplied by Bord Telecom Ãireann otherwise than by sale'. ) the substitution of the following definition for that of "subscription": '"subscription" means the sum or sums due in accordance with the terms of the agreement in respect of the rental of the telex line and, where the subscriber has for the purpose concluded an agreement with Bord Telecom Ãireann, of the subscriber's terminal equipment.' ) the insertion of the following definition after that of "subscriber's premises": ) the insertion of the following definition after that of "subscriber's terminal equipment": (i) speech, music and other sounds; (ii) visual images; (iii) signals serving for the impartation (whether as between persons and persons, things and things or persons an things) of any matter otherwise than in the form of sound or visual images; and (iv) signals serving for the actuation or control of machinery or apparatus;' ) the substitution of the following definition for that of "telex line": '"telex line" means a line or circuit or appartus provided for the purpose of maintaining continuous connection between a subscriber's premises and a telex exchange or other premises together with any apparatus, equipment, fixtures of accessories associated therewith'. ) the substitution of the following definition for that of "telex service": '"telex service" means a service whereby telegrams may be sent between the sender and the recipient through the public switched telex exchange system under the control of Bord Telecom Ãireann.' 6. Regulation 9 of the Regulations of 1980 is hereby amended by: ) the substitution fo the words "a subscriber" for the words "an applicant" in paragraph (3); ) the deletion in paragraph (4) (inserted by Regulation 4(a) of the Telex (Amendment) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 107 of 1981 )) of the word "Exchange"; and ) the substitution of the following paragraph (5) (inserted by paragraph 5 (b) of the Telex (Amendment) Scheme 1985 ( S.I. No. 80 of 1985 "The subscriber shall pay on demand to Bord Telecom Ãireann for the use of the subscriber's terminal equipment supplied by Bord Telecom Ãireann otherwise than by sale the subscriptions specified in Part V of the Schedule to these Regulations as appropriate to the type of equipment." 7. Regulation 13 (2) of the Regulations of 1980 is hereby amended by: ) the substitution of the following sub-paragraph for sub-paragraph (b): "make any attachment to an installation or other subscriber's terminal equipment, or place anything in electrical connection therewith," ) the substitution of the following sub-paragraph for sub-paragraph (c): "place or use in any manner or position in relation to the installation or other subscriber's terminal equipment anything that may in the opinion of Bord Telecom Ãireann have a harmful effect on the installation or on its use for the purpose for which it is provided, or," ) the substitution of the following sub-paragraph for sub-paragraph (d): "place or use anything (unless provided for the purpose by Bord Telecom Ãireann) in such a manner or position in relation in relation to the installation or other subscriber's terminal equipment that it transmits or enables to be transmitted any message or other communication to or from or by means of the installation or other subscriber's terminal equipment,". 8. Regulation 14 (1) of the Regulations of 1980 is hereby amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (1): "The subscriber shall grant to Bord Telecom Ãireann every reasonable facility in his power for the construction, examination and maintenance of the installation and, where appropriate, other subscriber's terminal equipment and shall permit the officers, servants and agents of Bord Telecom Ãireann at all reasonable times to have free access to the subscriber's premises for the purposes aforesaid." 9. In Regulations 33 (2) and 35 (1) of the Regulations of 1980 there shall be inserted in each case after the word "installation" the words "or other subscriber's terminal equipment". 10. In Regulations 35 (2) and 36 (1) and (2) (as amended by Section 8 (1) and the Fourth Schedule, Part II, of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983 (No. 24 of 1983)) there shall be inserted in each case after the words "sending or receiving apparatus" the words "or other subscriber's terminal equipment". 11. Regulation 36 (3) of the Regulations of 1980 is hereby amended by the insertion after the word "installation" of the words "or sending or receiving apparatus or other subscriber's terminal equipment supplied by a licensee of the Minister for Communications". 12. The Regulations of 1980 are hereby amended by the substitution of the following for Part V of the Schedule thereto (inserted by paragraph 5 ( ) of the Telex (Amendment) Scheme, 1985 ( S.I. No. 80 of 1985 "Part V Subscriptions referred to in Regulation 9 (5) Per Quarter 1. Telex Line £ 135.00 2. £ 75.00 3. £ 153.00 4. £ 190.00 5. £ 190.00 6. £ 90.00 7. GIVEN under the Common Seal of Bord Telecom Ãireann this 28th day of June 1985. FRANK CONROY, PAUL KAVANAGH, Witnessed by J. JOYCE, Executive Director, Telecom Eireann. EXPLANATORY NOTE
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