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Telecommunications Numbering Plan 2015

as amended

made under subsection 455(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997

Compilation No. 3

Compilation date: 17 April 2023

                    Includes amendments up to: Telecommunications Numbering Plan Variation 2022 (No.1)

Prepared by the Australian Communications and Media Authority

Contents
Chapter 1—Preliminary
Part 1—General
1 Name
3 Authority
4 Schedules
5 Dictionary
6 Regard to be had to objects and other matters
Part 3—Dictionary
15 Dictionary of defined terms
Chapter 2—Numbers for use
16 Numbers for use—public
17 Numbers for use—non‑public
Chapter 3—Specification of telephone numbers
Part 1—Geographic numbers
18 Definition of geographic number
19 Use of geographic numbers
20 Notice of geographic number that may terminate in different locality
21 Use of local numbers
Part 2—Freephone, local rate and premium rate numbers
Division 1—Freephone numbers
22 Definition of freephone number
23 Use of freephone numbers
Division 2—Local rate numbers
24 Definition of local rate number
25 Use of local rate numbers
Division 3—Premium rate numbers
26 Definition of premium rate number
27 Use of premium rate numbers
28 Restriction on providing age‑restricted services on other numbers
29 Restriction on providing registration premium rate service on other numbers
Part 3—Emergency service numbers
30 Emergency service numbers
Part 4—Special services numbers
31 Definition of special services number
32 Use of special services numbers
33 Use of 1223 for operator services on carriage service with price control arrangements
34 Approval of operation plan
35 Amendment or replacement of operation plan on application by carriage service provider
36 Amendment or replacement of operation plan at ACMA's direction
37 Cessation of service under operation plan
Part 5—Access codes
38 Definition of access code
39 Use of access codes
40 Charge for call to international freephone numbers
Part 6—Shared numbers
41 Definition of shared number and selectable shared number
42 Use of shared numbers
Chapter 4—Private numbering schemes
43 Restrictions on use do not apply to use in private numbering scheme
44 Private numbering scheme with escape code
45 Private numbering scheme without an escape code
Chapter 5—International signalling point codes and mobile network codes
Part 1—International signalling point codes
46 Definition of international signalling point code
47 Application for allocation of international signalling point code
48 Decision on application
Part 2—Mobile network codes
49 Definition of mobile network code
50 Application for allocation of mobile network code
51 Decision on application
Part 3—Transfer, surrender and withdrawal of international signalling point codes and mobile network codes
52 Transfer of codes
53 Withdrawal of codes
54 Application to surrender codes
55 Decision on application to surrender codes
56 Notice of decision
Chapter 6—Allocation of numbers
Part 1—Numbers able to be allocated
57 ACMA to list numbers able to be allocated
Part 2—Standard procedure for