55Matters to take into account

55  Matters to take into account

 (1) In considering under subsection 54(2) whether it is appropriate in all the circumstances to approve an application made by a registered carriage service provider under section 53, the ACMA must take the following into account:

 (a) the efficient use of a number, to enable future requirements for numbers to be met at the least cost to carriage service providers and customers;

 (b) the desirability of promoting access by end‑users to a range of carriage services and carriage service providers;

 (c) the desirability of promoting flexible management by carriage service providers of any expansion in the use of numbers in connection with the supply of the carriage service for which the number is to be allocated;

 (d) the objects of this instrument.

 (2) The ACMA may take into account any other matter that it considers relevant.