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Version date: 9 June 2023 - onwards
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Regulation 55 Obligations of access to, and use of, specific network elements and associated facilities

(1) The Regulator may in accordance with Regulation 50 impose on an undertaking obligations to meet reasonable requests for access to, and use of, specific network elements and associated facilities in situations where the Regulator considers that the denial of such access or the imposition by undertakings of unreasonable terms and conditions having a similar effect would hinder the emergence of a sustainable competitive market at the retail level, and would not be in the interests of end-users.

(2) The Regulator may require an undertaking, inter alia -

(a) to give third parties access to and use of, specific physical network elements and associated facilities, as appropriate, including unbundled access to the local loop and sub-loop,

(b) to give third parties access to specific active or virtual network elements and services,

(c) to negotiate in good faith with undertakings requesting access,

(d) not to withdraw access to facilities already granted,