Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The numbering scheme manager must manage the numbering scheme in accordance with the numbering scheme principles.
(2) The numbering scheme principles are as follows:
(a) there must be an adequate and appropriate supply of numbers for carriage services;
(b) future needs for numbering must be planned for, having regard to community needs, industry needs and global trends;
(c) numbering arrangements must be effective and efficient and support the effective and efficient supply of carriage services;
(d) numbering arrangements must have regard to recognised international standards and ensure that numbering in Australia operates in conjunction with international numbering arrangements;
(e) there must be fair and transparent access to numbers for all carriage service providers, and numbering arrangements must support competition in the supply of carriage services;
(f) the interests of users of carriage services must be protected, including in relation to the use and portability of numbers;
(g) the numbering scheme's provisions for the portability of numbers must be consistent with any directions made by the ACCC to the ACMA under subsection 458(2) in relation to portability of numbers;
(h) the numbering scheme must support the use of emergency call services;
(i) numbering arrangements must meet the requirements of Australian law enforcement and national security agencies;
(j) numbering arrangements must provide for the collection of charges imposed under the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997 ;
(k) the Register (see section 465) must be kept up to date;
(l) the rules and processes of the numbering scheme, including a plan for numbering of carriage services:
(i) must be adhered to by the numbering scheme manager; and
(ii) must be published and available at no charge;
(m) the numbering scheme must include compliance mechanisms to provide for enforcement of scheme rules;
(n) the numbering scheme must make effective complaints processes available to both the telecommunications industry and users of carriage services;
(o) the recovery of costs in relation to the management of the numbering scheme must reasonably reflect costs and must be fair and transparent;
(p) public consultation must be undertaken before any significant change to the numbering scheme;
(q) any additional principles determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.