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of that number;".

116. Subsections 88(1) and (2):

  Omit "fact", substitute "information".

117. Subsection 88(3):

  Omit "a fact or document", substitute "information or a document".

118. Paragraphs 88(3)(d) and (e):

  Omit "fact", substitute "information".

119. Subparagraph 88(3)(e)(i):

  After "information" insert "or a document".

120. Subparagraphs 88(3)(h)(iii), (ha)(iii), (i)(iii), (ia)(iii), (l)(iii) and (la)(ii):

  Omit "fact", substitute "information".

121. Subsection 88(4):

  Omit "a fact or document", substitute "information or a document".

122. Paragraphs 88(4)(a) and (c):

  Omit "fact", substitute "information".

123. Subparagraph 88(4)(c)(i):

  After "information" insert "or a document".

124. Subparagraphs 88(4)(f)(ii), (fa)(ii), (g)(ii) and (ga)(ii):

  Omit "fact", substitute "information".

125. Subsection 88(5):

  Insert:

" 'information' includes opinion;".

126. After section 241:

  Insert:

Allocation of numbers to be in accordance with section 242

"241A. On and after the commencement of this section, any allocation of a number in respect of telecommunications services to be provided across a public telecommunications network must be made in accordance with section 242.".

SCHEDULE—continued

127. Subsections 242(3) and (4):

  Omit the subsections, substitute:

  "(3) If a person (including a carrier):

    (a) is, or has been, allocated a number by AUSTEL under subsection (1); or

    (b) is, or has been, otherwise allocated a number in respect of telecommunications services to be provided across a public telecommunications network; or

    (c) otherwise controls the allocation of a number in respect of such telecommunications services;

the person may allocate that number to another person in respect of such telecommunications services only under this subsection.

"(4) An allocation of a number under subsection (1) or (3) must be made in accordance with:

  (a) the policies set out in the national numbering plan; and

    (b) any determination under section 242B applicable in relation to that number.".

128. After section 242:

  Insert (in Division 2 of Part 11):

Charges in respect of allocation or use of numbers

  "242A.(1) In this section:

'numbers' means numbers in respect of telecommunications services to be provided across a public telecommunications network;

'use', in relation to a number, means the continuing use of that number by a person after the allocation of that number to that person.

  "(2) This section applies to:

    (a) the use, after this section commences, of numbers allocated before or after this section commences; and

    (b) any further allocation, after this section commences, of numbers allocated before or after this section commences; and

  (c) any allocation of numbers made after this section commences.

"(3) Subject to subsection (4), nothing in this Act or the Telecommunications (Numbering Fees) Act 1991 prevents a person from charging a fee in respect of any allocation or use of numbers to which this section applies.

"(4) Such a fee may only be charged in accordance with:

SCHEDULE—continued

  (a) the policies