S.L. 399.47 Art. 7Conditions attached to the service.

(1) In this Part "service" refers to those harmonised services of social value utilising Harmonised European Short Codes

("HESC") as established by the Authority.

(2) The competent public body under this Part shall, as a minimum, ensure that:

(a) the service provides information, or assistance, or a reporting tool to end-users, or any combination thereof;

(b) the service is open to all end-users without any requirement of prior registration;

(c) the service is not time-limited;

(d) the service is free of charge; and

(e) the following activities are excluded during a call:

(i) advertisement;

(ii) entertainment;

(iii) marketing and selling; and

(iv) using the call for the future selling of commercial services.

(3) The competent public body shall ensure that it allocates the necessary resources to operate the service. In doing so, the competent public body shall take such measures as necessary in the circumstances.