CRTC Tariff Regulations (SOR/79-555)

Regulations are current to 2013-04-29

TARIFF TO DEFINE RATE AREA BOUNDARIES

8. A base-rate, locality-rate or any other rate area, within which uniform charges are applied for local exchange telephone services, shall be clearly defined in tariffs by a map or clear description of the boundaries of such an area.

TARIFF TO SPECIFY EXTENT OF EXTENDED-AREA SERVICE

9. Where an exchange has extended-area service with other exchanges, the tariffs shall specify the extent of that service and any weighting factors employed in the calculation of rates for that service.

REFERENCE MARKS

  • 10. (1) The following reference marks shall be used in tariffs only to indicate changes in the rates, charges or in the wording of tariffs:

    ♦or(A)— to denote increases;
    Solid black circle with small solid black square attached and centered on top
    		or(R)— to denote reductions;
    ▲or
    • (C)— 
      to denote changes in wording where neither an increase nor reductions in rates or charges results therefrom;
    ●or(NC)— to denote no change in rates or charges;
    *or(N)— to denote new rates or charges;
    ☐or(S)— to denote reissued matter.

  • (2) The reference marks set out in subsection (1) shall be so placed in the text of a tariff to indicate as nearly as possible where the actual change in a rate, charge or in the wording of the tariff occurred.

INSPECTION OF TARIFFS

  • 11. (1) Subject to subsection (2), every regulated company shall deposit and keep on file at each of its business offices a copy of each of its tariffs.

  • (2) Where a tariff contains a number of individual exchange tariffs, only the portion of the tariff relating to a particular exchange is required to be deposited and kept on file at the office of the regulated company located at that exchange.

  • (3) Every regulated company shall deposit and keep on file at its business offices in at least two principal cities within the service area of the company a complete set of each of its tariffs.

  • (4) All tariffs shall be available for inspection by the public at the business offices of every regulated company during business hours.

  • (5) At each business office where tariffs are kept on file as required by this section, the person in charge at that office shall, on request,

    • (a) produce any tariff on file for inspection;

    • (b) arrange to provide single copies of up to 10 tariff pages at no charge; and

    • (c) arrange to provide copies of any other tariff pages at a reasonable charge.