Telecommunications Numbering Plan Amendment 2000 (No. 5) (Cth)

Telecommunications Numbering Plan Amendment 2000 (No. 5)

The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY makes this instrument under section 455 of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

Dated 12 October 2000

A J SHAW

Chair

R HORTON

Deputy Chair

Australian Communications Authority

1. Name of Plan

This Plan is the Telecommunications Numbering Plan Amendment 2000 (No. 5).

1. Commencement

This Plan commences on gazettal.

1. Amendment of Telecommunications Numbering Plan 1997

Schedule 1 amends the Telecommunications Numbering Plan 1997.

Schedule 1          Amendments

(section 3)

[1]        Section 11.2, definition of portable service

substitute

portable service:

(a)means a freephone service or a local rate service, or a carriage service that is capable of voice telephony and is provided for incoming calls at, wholly or principally, 1 fixed location that is an area identifiable, by the carriage service provider with which the call originates, from the number called and is:

(i)a switching facility; or

(ii)the premises occupied or used by a customer; or

(iii)in the immediate vicinity of the premises occupied or used by a customer; and

(b)does not include a paging service.

[2]        Schedule 2, South East Region, item starting with number prefix (03) 55, column 1

omit

(03) 55

insert

(03) 55 (except (03) 5550)

[3]        Schedule 2, North East Region, item starting with number prefix (07) 55, column 1

omit

(07) 55 (except (07) 5551)

insert

(07) 55 (except (07) 5550)

[4]        Schedule 4, Part 1, before item starting with number prefix 017 1

insert

016 6
016 7
016 8
016 9 Paging service
Call charge limited to low charge 9 digit number Yes
Not shared

[5]        Schedule 4, Part 2, item starting with number prefix 011 800, column 1

omit

011 800

insert

0011 800

[6]        Schedule 4, Part 7, item starting with number prefix *31#, column 2

omit

block display

insert

unblock display

[7]        Schedule 4, Part 7, item starting with number prefix #31#, column 2

omit

unblock display

insert

block display

[8]        Schedule 8, heading

substitute

Schedule 8          Unit sizes for allocation and surrender of special services numbers

(sections 6.23 and 7.15)