17Requirement if end‑user uses emergency service number 106 — standard telephone service

17 Requirement if end‑user uses emergency service number 106 — standard telephone service

If an end‑user uses the emergency service number 106 on a carriage service that is a standard telephone service as described in subparagraph 6(1)(b)(ii) of the Act, the carriage service provider must give the end‑user access to the emergency call service operated by the emergency call person for 106.

Note 1: Calls can be made to the emergency call service operated by the emergency call person for 106 in a way that includes a text component. Technology currently available for making calls with a text component includes:

(a) teletypewriters (TTY); and
(b) a telecommunications device for the deaf.

Note 2: Other technology may, in time, become available as a form of standard telephone service within the meaning of the Act and this Determination. This Determination will apply to that technology.