Cap. 173. Rev. 1985 Subsidiary Legislation : / - Telecommunications . 8-7 Accounts - '9.—(1) Accounts for rental and all telecommuhication services shall be payable to the Permanent Secretary for Posts and Telecommunications within 15 days after the service upon the subscriber of the account. Subscribers shall be responsible for the payment of the charges for all facilities obtained by means of their telecommunication apparatus and the accounts rendered shall be sufficient evidence of the amounts due by the subscribers. A subscriber is not relieved of his responsibility for payment of any unauthorised calls originated or accepted on his service. The Permanent Secretary will not undertake to refuse or restrict calls from any.telecommunication apparatus to meet. the needs of subscribers. (2) For the purposes of this regulation, an account may be served on a subscriber— oa . . . . . (a) by delivering it to the subscriber; or.. . . (b) by leaving it at his usual or last known place of business or residence in Fiji; or . (c) by forwarding it by post in a prepaid letter addressed to the subscriber at his usual or last known. place of. business: or: residence in. Fiji. (3) Any account forwarded by post shall be deemed to have. been served on the day on which the same.ought to be delivered at its destination in the ordinary course of post, and in proving service it shall be sufficient to prove that the same was properly stamped and addressed and put into the post. (Substituted by Legal Notice 69 of 1979.) Disconnection of service 10. If a subscriber fails to pay his rental’ or any! other account for , telecommunication services rendered within the period prescribed in regulation 9, the Permanent Secretary shall have the ‘right to determine the subscriber’s agreement summarily, disconnect ‘his apparatus, ‘remove his name from the directory and enter upon his premises for the purpose of recovering all apparatus, wires and other equipment and such action shall in no way prejudice the right of the ' Permanent Secretary to take such further steps as he may déem necessary for the recovery of the amount due. The Permanent Secretary shall also be entitled to recover from the subscriber forthwith as liquidated damages:and not by way of penalty (and in. addition to any such arrears aforesaid) a ‘sum equal to the rental remaining unpaid in respect of the unexpired term of the agreement. (Substituted by Legal Notice 69 of 1979.) , ce Reconnection fee _ 5 wt 11.—(1) Should. a: telephone, service have. been suspended in terms of regulation 10, it shall only be restored on payment.of the prescribed fee together with the amount of the outstanding account..: : (2) In addition to the charges specified in paragraph (1), any subscriber who has not previously deposited with the Permanent Secretary. for. Posts. and Telecommunications the amount prescribed in.paragraph (2) of regulation 6 shall make such deposit before the telephone service is restored under this regulation. (Inserted by Legal Notice 218 of: 1979. D>