Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)

Regulations

Purchase

(1)	Only numbers that have the status 'protected' in terms of regulation 15, 16 and 17 may be released.

(2)	When releasing numbers, the Authority shall have regard to:

(a)	the need to satisfy constraints on network systems;

(b)	avoidance of conflicts with past usage of numbers; and

(c)	retention of the numbers for possible future uses.

(3)	The Authority will publish numbers intended for release in a notice.

(4)	Numbers will have the status 'released' immediately after the Authority releases such numbers through a notice in the Government Gazette.