(1) If -
(a) the Regulator has made an application under Regulation 16 to the High Court to compel a person to comply with a condition of a general authorisation, licence or right of use for numbers, and
(b) a provision of these Regulations makes it an offence to fail to comply with the condition,
the Regulator may not bring proceedings against the person for such an offence or give a notice under section 44 of the Act of 2002 for failing to comply with the condition.
(2) An offence under these Regulations is an offence to which section 44 of the Act of 2002 applies.