House move - no BT line there - contract exit opti...

Apologies if this question has been asked before but I've searched for the offical BT policy document reagarding house move but can't find anything.
I have 3 months left on a 12 month contract and i'm about to move house.
According to BT my new rental property does not have  aBT land line installed, and never has, and as such will require an engineers visit costing £130.
I may be wrong but I was under the impression when i took out the contract that I was required to move my service along with the house move _only_ if there was a BT line in my new place to move it to, but if there wasn't then that would allow me to terminate the contract without penalty.
My questions is simple.
Is this actually the case? I would argue that if BT tell me there is no line at the new place then there IS no new line to move the service to thus enabling me to exit the contract.
Can anybody clarify this or point me to a copy of the offical policy wording that covers this contingency please?
Many thanks
Jon

The answers are on this website
http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displayTopic.do?topicId=30848
It seems to imply that if BT cannot provide service at you new address, then cancellation fees do not apply.
It also mentions about 30 days notice if you do not want to take you services with you.
You are going to have to pay an installation charge if you want a phone line installed, as the charge is raised by Openreach, to all service providers that use the cables from the exchange to your new house.
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