Telecommunications Technical Standard (Customer Access Equipment for connection to a Telecommunications Network As/ACIF S003:2008) 2008 (Cth)

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Telecommunications Technical Standard (Customer Access Equipment for connection to a Telecommunications Network AS/ACIF S003:2008) 20081

Telecommunications Act 1997

The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY makes this Technical Standard under subsection 376 (1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

Dated 2nd October 2008

Chris Chapman

[signed]
Member


Chris Chea

[signed]
Member


Australian Communications and Media Authority

Contents

1Name of Technical Standard   2

2Commencement   2

3Definitions   2

4Objects of Technical Standard   3

5Application of Technical Standard   3

6Standard for customer equipment   4

  1. Name of Technical Standard

(1)   This Technical Standard is the Telecommunications Technical Standard (Customer Access Equipment for connection to a Telecommunications Network AS/ACIF S003:2008) 2008.

(2)   This Technical Standard may also be cited as AS/ACIF S003–2008.

Note 1   The alternative citation mentioned in subsection (2) is the name by which this Technical Standard is usually cited by ACMA. The citation of this Technical Standard differs from the citation of the AS/ACIF Standard in that there is a dash before the year in which it was made, rather than a colon.

Note 2   The AS/ACIF Standard, as adopted by this Technical Standard, does not include any amendments made after the commencement of this Technical Standard. If amendments are made, the terms of this Technical Standard will differ from those of the AS/ACIF Standard unless the amendments are adopted by ACMA.

  1. Commencement

This Technical Standard commences on the day after it is registered.

  1. Definitions

In this Technical Standard:

Act means the Telecommunications Act 1997.

AS/ACIF Standard means the Australian Standard/Australian Communications Industry Forum Standard: Customer Access Equipment for connection to a Telecommunications Network (AS/ACIF S003:2008), published by Communications Alliance Ltd in 2008.

facility has the same meaning as in subsection 374 (2) of the Act.

telecommunications network has the same meaning as in subsection 374 (1) of the Act.

Note   The following words and expressions used in this Technical Standard are defined in section 7 of the Act:

·      ACMA

·      customer equipment

·      emergency call service

·      standard telephone service.

  1. Objects of Technical Standard

The objects of this Technical Standard are:

(a)    to protect the integrity of a telecommunications network or a facility; and

(b)    to protect the health or safety of persons who:

(i)    operate; or

(ii)    work on; or

(iii)    use services supplied by means of; or

(iv)    are otherwise reasonably likely to be affected by the operation of;

a telecommunications network or a facility; and

(c)    to ensure that customer equipment can be used to give access to an emergency call service; and

(d)    to ensure, for the purposes of the supply of a standard telephone service, the interoperability of customer equipment with a telecommunications network to which the equipment is, or is proposed to be, connected.

  1. Application of Technical Standard

This Technical Standard applies to customer equipment that:

(a)    is designed with multiple ports (local or network) that provide, or are intended to provide, access (gateway functions) to a telecommunications network; and

(b)    is capable of performing 1 or more of the following functions in relation to analogue or digital voice or voice equivalent communication:

(i)    switching;

(ii)    storage;

(iii)    processing;

(iv)    conversion;

(v)    integration;

(vi)    line isolation/coupling;

(vii)    multiplexing.

  1. Standard for customer equipment

The customer equipment to which this Technical Standard applies must comply with the AS/ACIF Standard.

Note

1.       All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See

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