Cap. 173 Rev. 1985 Subsidiary Legislation Telecommunications Reimbursements S-19 . : 76. If application is made within 6 months of the date of despatch of the relative telegram, the following charges may be refunded to the persons who originally paid them, in the following cases:— (a) the full charge paid on any telegram which. through the fault. of the "telegraph service has failed to reach its destination; : (6) the full charge paid on a telegram which as a result of errors made in transmission fails to accomplish its object; (c) the amount deposited on an unused prepaid reply telegram. Abbreviated addresses . 77. Abbreviated telegraph addresses may be registered by the Permanent Secretary on- payment of the prescribed fee. Payment shall be made up to 31 December following the date of registration, any part of a quarter being paid for as a full quarter. , : Form of abbreviated address 78. No abbreviated telegraph address may consist of more than one word in addition to the:name of the town or place where registration is desired. The word must not contain more than 10 letters and must be easy to read. Proper names can only in rare cases be accepted,.and in no case can a proper name be registered for a person of a different name. The names of professions, trades, districts, countries, states, towns, streets and newspapers may : . not be used as registered addresses. No delivery to unregistered abbreviated address : 79.:The Permanent Secretary shall not be required to deliver a telegram having an abbreviated telegraph address if such address has not been registered and the fee paid. : . . Delivery of telegram , ; 80, A telegram taken to a place. of residence or business may be delivered either to the addressee, to.an adult member of his family, to his employee, lodgers “or landlord, or to.a servant of the house who shall. sign a receipt for the telegram, unless the addressee has given special instructions. to the contrary. Télegrams may be delivered by telephone to the telephone number of the addressee and will be followed by confirmation. ae 81. Notwithstanding subscriber may— ‘ , Telephoned telegrams the provisions of -regulations 58 or 59, a telephone . . (a) send a telegram for transmission to any place within Fiji or to any locally registered ship operating within Fiji; or. | , (b) with the prior approval ofthe Permanent Secretary, and subject to the deposit by such subscriber under the provisions of regulation 8 of such amount as the Permanent Secretary may require, send a telegram for transmission to any place outside Fiji or to any ship, other than a locally registered ship operating within Fiji, - by telephoning the contents thereof to the nearest telegraph office in Fiji, in which case all charges in respect of such telegram shall be charged to the subscriber’s telephone account. _ (Substituted by Regulations 21 February 1966.)

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