7Supply of standard telephone services

#### 7 Supply of standard telephone services (1) A reference in this Act to the supply of a standard telephone service includes a reference to the supply of: (a) if the regulations prescribe customer equipment for the purposes of this paragraph—whichever of the following is applicable: (i) that customer equipment; (ii) if other customer equipment is supplied, instead of the first‑mentioned customer equipment, in order to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act 1992—that other customer equipment; and (b) if paragraph (a) does not apply—whichever of the following is applicable: (i) a telephone handset that does not have switching functions; (ii) if other customer equipment is supplied, instead of such a handset, in order to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act 1992—that other customer equipment; and (c) other goods of a kind specified in the regulations; and (d) services of a kind specified in the regulations; where the equipment, goods or services, as the case may be, are for use in connection with the standard telephone service. (2) A reference in this Act to the supply of a standard telephone service includes a reference to the supply, to a person with a disability, of: (a) customer equipment of a kind specified in the regulations; and (b) other goods of a kind specified in the regulations; and (c) services of a kind specified in the regulations; where the equipment, goods or services, as the case may be, are for use in connection with the standard telephone service. (3) For the purposes of this section, supply, in relation to customer equipment or other goods, includes supply by way of hire.