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Telecommunications (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1997
75Numbers taken to be allocated at the termination time
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#### 75 Numbers taken to be allocated at the termination time
(1) The numbering plan may contain a declaration that a specified number is taken to have been allocated to a specified person at the termination time.
> Note: For specification by class, see subsection 46(2) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
(2) The declaration has effect accordingly. However, the declaration is to be disregarded for the purposes of Part 2 of the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997.
(3) If a number is taken to have been allocated because of the declaration, this section does not prevent:
(a) the subsequent transfer of the number; or
(b) the subsequent surrender of the number; or
(c) the subsequent withdrawal of the number;
in accordance with the numbering plan.
(4) In this section:
> allocation, in relation to a number, means the allocation of the number under the authority of the numbering plan.
> number has the same meaning as in Division 2 of Part 22 of the Telecommunications Act 1997.
> numbering plan has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.