Telephone Service (Amendment) Regulations, 1982

L.N. 21 of 1982

TELEMALTA CORPORATION ACT, 1975

(ACT NO. XVI OF 1975)

Telephone Service (Amendment) Regulations, 1982

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 of the Telema1ta

Corporation Act, 1975, the Board, with the approval of the Minister of

Parastatal and People's Investments, has made the fol1owing regula-

l. These regulations may be cited as the Telephone Service

(Amendment) Regulations, 1982, and shall be read and construed as

one with the Telephone Service Regulations, 1972, hereinafter referred

to as "the principal regulations".

Dawn ir-regolamenti jistgħu jissejħu r-Regolamenti ta'

1-1982 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar is-Servizz tat-Telefon, u għand-

dom jinqraw u jiftiehmu ħaġa waħda mar-Regolamenti ta' 1-1972 dwar

is-Servizz tat-Telefon, hawnhekk iżjed 'il quddiem imsejħa "ir-regola-

menti prinċipali".

Minflok ir-regolamenti mit-3 sas-17 tar-regolamenti prinċipali

2,

għandhom jidħlu r-regolamenti ġodda 1iġejjin

For regulations 3 to 17 of the principal regula.tions there shall

be substituted the following new regulations

The publication of the combined telephone and

telex directory (hereinafter referred to as "the directory")

shall be an exclusive right of the Chairman of Telema1ta Cor-

poration (hereinafter referred to as "the Chairman") who

shall make therein, in such terms, forms, manner and order

as he cons,jders appropria,te, an entry in respect of every

telephone and telex line

Provided that:-

(a) he shall nat make such entry if he is satisfied,

on receipt of the subscriber's written request, with the

reasons given for such an omission; and

(b) no entry sha11 be made of any address other

than that at which the telephone is installed.

(1)

The directory may contain the fol1owil,g sec-

Contents of

tions

(a) General Alphabetical List of Telephone Sub-

scribers;

(b)

Government Departments, and

(c) Alphabetical and Numerical List of Telex

Subscribers.

(2)

The directory may also contain display adver-

tisements.

(3) In the case of any insertion in the directory

for which no provision is made under these regulations, the

Chairman may make such conditions as he may deem expe-

dient in any such case.

(4) The Chairman shall not be liable in respect of

any omission or inaccuracy in the pub1ication of the directory.

(5) In accepting nny entry for publication in the

directory, the Chairman may make to the entry any amend-

ment which he considers expedient.

The subscribers sha11 bring to the notice of the Tele"

phone Directory Section, in writing, any error or omission

appearing in any current issue of the directory or any a1tera-

tion required in the publication of the subsequent issue of

the directory, in either case with respect to his telephone or

telex number.

Every telephone and every telex subscriber sha11 be

of directory supplied with one copy of the directory, free of charge for

every exchange line or for every tel ex line.

(1) A telephone subscriber's entry in the General

Alphabetical List of Telephone Subscribers sha11 consist only

of the name, address and telephone number.

(2) A telex subscriber's entry in the A1phabetical

and Numerical List of Teiex Subscribers sha11 consist of the

name, loca1ity and telex number.

(3) Wherever possible entries of new subscribers in

the telephone and telex subscribers lists sha11 be made in the

first issue of the directory after the date of their connection

to the telephone or telex system.

(l) The main entry in the General Alphabetical List

of Telephone Subscribers and in the A1phabetical and Numeri-

cal List of Telex Subscribers of the directory consisting of the

subscriber's name, address (locality only in the case of telex

subscribers) and telephone or telex number, as the case may

be, shaH be inserted free of charge.

(2) A free entry in respect of each external tele-

phone extension will also be allowed.

(3) No free entry sha11 be allowed for any internal

telephone extension line.

(4) One entry only shaH be inserted in respect of a

group of auxiliary telephone lines rented to a subscriber at the

same address.

(5) A group of auxi1iary telephone lines shall be

indicated by an asterisk immediately preceding the telephone

number.

(6) Free entries are only al10wed in the General

Alphabetical List of Telephone Subscribers and in the Alpha-

betical and Numerical List of Telex Subscribers.

(7) Saving the provisions of paragraph (2) of thi8

regulation, entries in respect of persons other than the sub-

scriber, using the same telephone number, shaH be considered

as additional entries and may only be allowed against

payment.

Additional entries in the directory may only be

Additional

aHowed against the payment, in respect of each issue, of the

charges specified hereunder

(a) entries in the General Alphabetical List of Tele-

phone Subscribers consisting of the name, address and

telephone number - f5 per entry;

(b) entries in the Telex Su:bscribers Lists (Alphabe-

tical and NumericaD consisting of name, locality and

telex num ber - f8 per entry in both lists.

Entries wholly in bold type may be al10wed against

the payment, in respect of e:ach issue of the directory, of an

additional charge of [5 per entry in the General Alphabetical

List of Telephone Subscribers and f8 per entry in both Alpha-

betical and Numerical Lists of Telex Subscribers.

Additional particulars to entries in the General

Alphabetical List of Telephone Subscribers are not allowed.

Applications

All applications for additional entries or for entries

in

bold

type in the General Alphabetical List of Telephone

Subscribers and in the Alphabetical and Numerical List of

Telex Subscribers sha11 be made to the Chairman, in writing,

marked "Directory Entries".

No advertising matter shall be permitted in any

Advertising

entry of the directory. Such matter shall form part solely of a

displayed advertisement.

(1) Only such display advertisements may be

allowed in the directory as in the opinion of the Chairmah -

(a) are suitable for display in or upon such publi-

cation;

(b) are not related, dircctly or indirectly, to any

il1egal or immoral business matter;

(c) are not contrary to public policy;

(d) if inserted in the position and manner requested

would not be, or appear to be, prejudicial to the interest

of any person, firm or company (already named or

referred to in any part of the directory).

(2) Where any such advertisement refers to any

firm or person other than the advertiser, the latter shall pro-

duce the consent, in writing, of the finn or person in question.

(l) Where it is intended that any issue of the

Advertising

directory is to contain advertisements, the Chairman may sell

111 dmctory. the advertising space in the directory to a contractor if neces-

sary by means of a public tender.

(2) The conditions of tender shall be determined

by the Chairman subject to the provisions of the Act.

(3) The front page of any directory shall be

reserved for the exclusive use of Telemalta.

(1) Application for, and all correspondence relat-

?ility.fer ,. ing to, the insertion of any advertisement in the directory shall

~~~:!~~s~_o" be made to the Chairman marked "Directory Advertisements".

(2)

The sa1e of any advertising space to a cont-

ractor shall net, in any way, dimlnish the right of the Chair-

man under these regulations to refuse to insert any advertise-

ment in the directory or to refute any responsibility for any

omission or inaccuracy in the subject matter of the advertise-

ment or in its printing in the directory.

(3) The Chairman shall not be responsible for any

commitment, agreement or action on the part of the contrac-

tor, or for any payment made to the contractor, in respect of

anyadvertisement.

Applications for advertising space from persons

whose names do not appear in the directory may be consi-

dered, but if the advertising space available does not permit,

all other things being equal, the applications of persons whose

names are listed in the directory shall be preferred.".

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