Article 5 Meaning of “chatline service”
(1)
In this Order, “chatline service” means a premium rate service that—
(a)
makes available a facility enabling at least three consumers to participate in a call immediately before which no participant knows which other individual consumers will participate, and
(b)
is not exempt by virtue of paragraph (2).
(2)
A premium rate service is exempt by virtue of this paragraph if it is provided by means of—
(a)
a call which terminates on an electronic communications network outside of the United Kingdom, or
(b)
an electronic communications service which is provided by the same person making available the facility in paragraph (1)(a).