The provider of a mobile phone service must not enter into a contract to provide the service unless the customer has been given an opportunity to specify a billing limit in the contract.
In relation to a contract to provide a mobile phone service—
A contract to provide a mobile phone service must provide for the customer on reasonable notice at any time—
In any billing period the provider must—
A limit may be exceeded in relation to a billing period only if the customer agrees after a notification under subsection (4)(a) or (b).
If the provider continues to provide the service after a limit is reached, the customer's use of the service does not constitute agreement to the limit being exceeded.
The provider must give the customer confirmation in writing of—
This section applies to agreeing to extend a contract as it applies to entering into a contract, and in that case the reference in subsection (2)(b) to the period for which the contract remains in force is a reference to the period of the extension.
Nothing in this section affects a provider's duty to comply with requirements to enable calls to emergency services.
In this section—
"customer" does not include a person who is a customer as a communications provider;
"mobile phone service" means an electronic communications service which is provided in the course of a business wholly or mainly so as to be available to members of the public for the purpose of communicating with others, or accessing data, by mobile phone.