{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-open-network-provision-voice-telephony-regulations-1998/regulation-11",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1580",
  "legislation_title": "The Telecommunications (Open Network Provision) (Voice Telephony) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-open-network-provision-voice-telephony-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Public pay-telephones",
  "text": "(1) In exercising their functions under Part II and sections 47 to 49 of the Act, and with respect to sub-paragraph (a) except in relation to any specific geographical area where the condition set out in paragraph (2) is satisfied, the Secretary of State and the Director shall ensure that:\n(a) public pay-telephones are provided to meet the reasonable needs of users in terms of both numbers and geographical coverage;\n(b) emergency calls may be made from public pay-telephones using the single European emergency call number “112” and the national emergency call number “999” free of charge and without having to use coins or cards.\n(2) The obligation in paragraph (1)(a) above does not apply in respect of any specific geographical area in relation to which the Director has published a decision that he is satisfied that public pay-telephones are widely available.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1580/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:26:31.570720+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}