Unsolicited calls
for direct
marketing
purposes
155. (1) A person shall not use, or instigate the use
of, a public communications service for the
purposes of making unsolicited calls for direct
marketing purposes where
(a) the called line is that of a subscriber who
has previously notified the caller that such
calls should not for the time being be made
on that line; or
(b) the number allocated to a subscriber in
respect of the called line is one listed in the
register kept under this section.
(2) A subscriber shall not permit his or her line to
be used in contravention of subsection (1).
(3) A person shall not be held to have contravened
subsection (1) (b) where the number allocated to
the called line has been listed on the register for
less than twenty-eight days preceding that on
which the call is made.
(4) Where a subscriber who has caused a number
allocated to his or her to be listed in the register
kept under this section has notified a caller that he
or she does not, for the time being, object to such
calls being made on that line by that caller, such
calls may be made by that caller on that line,
notwithstanding that the number allocated to that
line is listed in the register.
(5) Where a subscriber has given a caller
notification pursuant to subsection (4) in relation to
his or her line
(a) the subscriber is free to withdraw that
notification at any time, and
(b) where the notification is withdrawn, the
caller shall not make such calls on that line.
Use of auto
mated calling
systems for
direct marketing
purposes
156. (1) A person shall not transmit, or instigate the
transmission of, communications comprising
record-ed matter for direct marketing purposes by
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