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

Cost Oriented Charges

47.1  Where the Licensee runs the systems or provides the services described in Parts I and II of Schedule 1 to the Interconnection Regulations (fixed public telephone network and leased lines services), the Licensee shall secure, and shall be able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Director at his request, that the charges offered, payable or proposed to be offered or payable by a Schedule 2 Public Operator to the Licensee for each Standard Service, including the amounts applied to each component within that Service, are reasonably derived from the costs of providing the Service based on a forward looking incremental cost approach (except to the extent the Director considers it appropriate that for a transitional period, or in any particular case, the Licensee apply another cost standard). The Licensee shall comply with any adjustment required by the Director in exceptional cases where justified to ensure effective competition or interoperability of services for users or both.