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Telecommunications Act 2005
2005, No.20
(2)
Service providers shall provide customers with
invoices:
(a) in writing (although invoices may be provided
electronically if the customer consents);
(b) on a regular basis;
(c) in a plain and simple format;
(d) that provide accurate information on the services
provided and the amounts due for each service;
(e) that clearly indicate the method of calculation of
tariffs for any service for which invoices are
based on the length of calls or other measure of
usage; and
(f) that comply with this Act and any regulations, rules
and orders dealing with customer invoices.
(3) Service providers shall retain accurate records of all
customer invoices for a period of at least 6 months from the
billing date and make such records available to the Regulator
upon request.
(4) Where the Regulator has a concern about billing
systems or practices, the Regulator may require service
providers to public information on billing systems or practices
or to take such other steps relating to a service provider‟s billing
systems or practices as the Regulator may consider appropriate.
(5) No service provider shall make, or cause to be made,
any false or misleading claim or suggestion regarding:
(a) the availability, price or quality of the service
provider‟s telecommunications services or
equipment; or
(b) the telecommunications services or equipment of
another service provider.
(6) For the purposes of section 47(5), a claim or suggestion
is misleading if, at the time the claim or suggestion was made,
the service provider knew or reasonably ought to have known
that such claim or suggestion was false or misleading in any
material respect or that such claim or suggestion was reasonably
likely to confuse or mislead the person to whom the claim or
suggestion was made.
(7) The Regulatory may issue an order to regulate or
prohibit the use by any person, whether or not that person is a