Telephone services
16.—(1) A contractor shall not be a party to any contract or other arrangement under which the number for telephone services to be used by—
(a)patients to contact the contractor for any purpose related to the provision of general ophthalmic services; or
(b)any other person to contact the contractor in relation to services provided as part of the health services,
starts with the digits 087, 090 or 091 or consists of a personal number, unless the service is provided free to the caller.
(2) In this paragraph, “personal number” means a telephone number which starts with the number 070 followed by a further 8 digits.