# The Telecommunications (Open Network Provision) (Voice Telephony) Regulations 1998, Regulation 24: Provision of additional facilities—public operators


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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1580/regulation/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-open-network-provision-voice-telephony-regulations-1998/regulation-24
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