The Telecommunications (Licence Modification)(Standard Schedules) Regulations 1999

Condition 54

TARIFFS, COST ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, AND DISCOUNT SCHEMES U.K.

54.1  Paragraphs 54.2 to 54.5 below do not apply in any geographical area which the Director has specified pursuant to regulation 27(2) of the Revised Voice Telephony Regulations. U.K.

54.2  The Licensee shall ensure that tariffs for the provision of its Fixed Public Telephone Services follow the basic principles of cost orientation set out in Schedule IV to the Revised Voice Telephony Regulations. U.K.

54.3  Without prejudice to Conditions 47.4 and 47.6, the Licensee shall ensure that tariffs for the Fixed Public Telephone System and Fixed Publicly Available Telephone Services provided by the Licensee shall be independent of the type of application which its Subscribers use, except to the extent that such Subscribers require different services or facilities. U.K.

54.4  The Licensee shall ensure that tariffs for facilities additional to the provision of connection to the Licensee's Fixed Public Telephone System and provision of Fixed Publicly Available Telephone Services are sufficiently unbundled so that each of the Licensee's Subscribers is not required to pay for facilities which are not necessary for the service requested from the Licensee. U.K.

54.5  The Licensee shall only implement changes to its tariffs referred to in this Condition 28 days after publication of such changes in accordance with paragraph 54.6 below, except where the Director has consented in writing to a shorter notice period. U.K.

54.6  The Licensee shall: U.K.

(a) place a copy of such changes in a publicly accessible part of every Major Office of the Licensee in such manner and in such place that it is readily available for inspection free of charge by members of the general public during such hours as the Secretary of State may by order prescribe that the register of Licences and final and provisional orders is to be open for public inspection under section 19(4) of the Act, or in the absence of any such order having been made by the Secretary of State, during normal office hours; and

(b) send a copy of such information or such part or parts thereof as are appropriate to any Consumer who may request such a copy.

54.7  The Licensee shall operate a cost accounting system suitable for the implementation of this Condition and shall ensure that compliance with such a system is verified by a competent body which is independent of the Licensee. The Licensee shall publish annually a statement concerning compliance. U.K.

54.8  The Licensee shall make available to the Director at his request a description of the cost accounting system referred to in paragraph 54.7 showing the main categories under which costs are compiled and the rules used for the allocation of costs to voice telephony services. U.K.

54.9  The Licensee shall ensure that discount schemes offered by the Licensee to its Subscribers, including Consumers, are fully transparent and shall be published in the same manner set out in paragraph 54.6 above. U.K.

54.10  The Licensee shall ensure that, with respect to the application of the discount schemes referred to paragraph 54.9, the Licensee does not show undue preference to, or exercise undue discrimination against, particular persons or persons of any class or description. U.K.

54.11  The Licensee shall modify or withdraw such scheme as the Director may direct in accordance with regulation 31(2) of the Revised Voice Telephony Regulations. U.K.