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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-open-network-provision-voice-telephony-regulations-1998/regulation-7",
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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/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Availability of services",
  "text": "(1) In exercising their functions under Part II and sections 47 to 49 of the Act and under these Regulations, the Secretary of State and the Director shall:\n(a) ensure that fixed publicly available telephone services, including directory services and the provision of public pay-telephones, are available to all users at an affordable price; and\n(b) ensure that any scheme designed to ensure affordability follows the principles of transparency and non-discrimination and takes into account the views of interested parties in accordance with regulation 36 below.\n(2) The Director shall publish:\n(a) rules and criteria for ensuring affordability; and\n(b) regular reports on tariffs.",
  "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/7",
    "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."
}