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Regulation 24 Provision of additional facilities—public operators

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In exercising their functions under Part II and sections 47 to 49 of the Act, the Secretary of State and the Director shall ensure that:

(a)

public operators providing voice telephony services being operators having significant market power provide, subject to technical feasibility and economic viability, the facilities listed in Part 2 of Schedule I;

(b)

where public operators provide the facilities described in paragraphs (a) and (c) of Part 2 of Schedule I and paragraphs (d) and (f) of Part 3 of Schedule I, they do so in accordance with relevant data protection legislation;

(c)

public operators providing voice telephony services which do not yet offer the facility of number portability on request to a subscriber, shall provide to that subscriber a facility on request for a reasonable period after that subscriber has changed to a different supplier either:

(i)

to re-route telephone calls to his new number for a reasonable fee; or

(ii)

to advise callers of the new number without charging the called party for this service.