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19 Use of mobile numbers
- Subject to subsection (2), a mobile number may only be used for:
(a) a mobile service; or
(b) a service which is not permitted to use any other kind of number referred to in Chapter 2.
Note: See also section 128.
- Despite subsection (1) a mobile number may be used for any service, if:
- the number was in use immediately before the commencement of this section;
- that use would not have contravened the Telecommunications Numbering Plan 2015; and
- there is no change to the kind of service for which the number is used.
- If an item in the table in Schedule 4 has “No” in column 3, a mobile number identified in columns 1 and 2 of the item must not be used in connection with the supply of a carriage service that routes an incoming call from outside Australia to the number.
- If an item in the table in Schedule 4 has “Yes” in column 4, a mobile number identified in columns 1 and 2 of the item may be used in connection with the supply of a carriage service that routes an incoming call from outside Australia to the number.