S-12 Cap. 173 Rev. 1985 Subsidiary Legislation Telecommunications Transfer of lines to other exchanges 31. The Permanent Secretary may at any time transfer a subscriber’s line from the exchange to which it is connected and reconnect it to another exchange, provided that the rental shall not be increased during the currency of the fixed period of the agreement. Allotment of numbers 32. The Permanent Secretary shall have discretion as to allotment or variation at any time of any subscriber's telephone number, or the name of the exchange with which he is. connected. : ua . Hours of service . oo . 33.—(1) A subscriber's exchange line shall ordinarily be available for his use during such hours as may be prescribed by the Permanent Secretary for observance at the exchange to which the line is connected. : . Subscribers’ lines joined’ through at night : wo . (2) By special arrangement and whenever possible a subscriber may without extra charge be left connected with any other subscriber during the hours an exchange is closed on making: written application (signed by both -subscribers concerned) to the local postmaster. . : oo Power of Permanent Secretary to refuse to connect 34, The Permanent Secretary may at his discretion— (a) refuse to comply with an application for connection with any telephone ‘ exchange system, or for the construction, of any telephone line; or (b) instead of refusing absolutely to comply with any application, accede * thereto only upon such conditions as to security nature of service (including type of apparatus) to be afforded, special minimum period of agreement, 35.—(1) ‘ : » or other conditions as he may think fit. Non-liability of Crown dnd postal officers : Neither the Crown nor the Permanent Secretary nor any other officer of the Department of Posts and Telecommunications shall incur any liability for or on account of or in respect of any loss or damage sustained by reason of any interruption or failure of communication by means of any installation, or any failure or error.in connection with the taking or giving of messages by officers of the Department of Posts and Telecommunications, or any ommission or insertion of or error in any entry in a telephone directory published by or on behalf of the Permanent: Secretary. . (2) A subscriber shall not be entitled to any abatement of rental in connection , with any of the matters aforesaid. - Business connections 36. For the purposes of assessment a subscriber's connection shall be deemed - . to be a business connection— . : (a) -if it is used in connection with a: warehouse, shop, ‘office, boarding house, or otherwise wholly or in part for business or professional purposes;