Telecommunications Numbering Plan 2025
13Use of local numbers
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13 Use of local numbers
If a local number is dialled from a carriage service supplied using a geographic number (the originating service), the originating access carriage service provider for the call must treat the local number as if it were a geographic number having the same area code as the area code of the originating service.
Part 2—Freephone, local rate and mobile numbers
Division 1—Freephone numbers
14 Definition of freephone number
A freephone number is a number:
(a) beginning with the digits set out in column 1 of an item in the table in Schedule 2; and