Regulations for Administration on Designation and Protection of Critical Telecommunications Infrastructure Article 3

In order to review the outcomes of inventory check and self-evaluation in accordance with the preceding article, the competent authority may consult with the relevant public agencies, civil society organization, experts and scholars, and may designate all or part of the public telecommunications network as primary, secondary or tertiary critical telecommunications infrastructure prior to submitting to the Executive Yuan for approval.The designation in the preceding paragraph shall consider factors with regard to PSTN, including the functional importance, service regions, substitutability, and disruptive impact among others.