Telecommunications Technical Standard (Information Technology Equipment – Safety, Part 1: General Requirements – As/NZS 60950.1:2011) 2011 (Cth)

Telecommunications Technical Standard (Information Technology Equipment — Safety, Part 1: General Requirements — AS/NZS 60950.1:2011) 2011

as amended

made under subsection 376 (1) of the

Telecommunications Act 1997

This compilation was prepared on 15 November 2013

taking into account amendments up to Telecommunications Technical Standard (Information Technology Equipment — Safety, Part 1: General Requirements — AS/NZS 60950.1:2011) Amendment 2013 (No.1).

Prepared by the Australian Communications and Media Authority

1              Name of Technical Standard

(1)   This Technical Standard is the Telecommunications Technical Standard (Information Technology Equipment — Safety, Part 1: General Requirements — AS/NZS 60950.1:2011) 2011.

(2)   This Technical Standard may also be cited as the AS/NZS 60950.1‑2011.

1. Commencement

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

Note: All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See type="1">

Definitions

   In this Technical Standard:

Act means the Telecommunications Act 1997.

Australian/New Zealand Standard means the Australian/New Zealand Standard: Information technology equipment – Safety, Part 1: General requirements – (AS/NZS 60950.1:2011), approved by the Council of Standards Australia on 28 October 2010 and by the Council of Standards New Zealand on 23 December 2010 and published on 8 February 2011.

Note    A copy of the Australian/New Zealand Standard may be purchased from Standards Australia Limited at technology equipment means customer equipment:

(a)    a primary function of which is the entry, storage, display, retrieval, transmission, processing, switching or control of data and of telecommunications messages; and

(b)    that may be equipped with 1 or more ports typically operated for information transfer; and

(c)    that has a rated supply voltage of not more than 600 volts.

mandatory requirement, for a standard, means a requirement in the standard that uses the words ‘shall’ or ‘shall not’.

Note 1 Several other words and expressions used in this Technical Standard have the meaning given by section 7 of the Act. For example:

·      customer equipment

·      import

·      telecommunications network.

Note 2   Subsection 374 (1) of the Act provides that a reference in Part 21 of the Act to a telecommunications network is a reference to a telecommunications network in Australia that is operated by a carrier or carriage service provider.

manufactured, in relation to relevant customer equipment, means manufactured in Australia.

modified, in relation to relevant customer equipment, means modified in Australia (after its manufacture or importation) by, or on behalf of, the manufacturer or importer of the relevant customer equipment.

relevant customer equipment means customer equipment to which this Standard applies, as provided by section 5.

1. Objects of Technical Standard

   The requirements of this Technical Standard are necessary and convenient to meet the objectives mentioned in paragraphs 376 (2) (a) to (d) of the Act.

5              Application

This Technical Standard applies to:

(a)     customer equipment that is designed or intended for connection to a telecommunications network; and

(b)     information technology equipment designed to use the AC mains supply as a telecommunications transmission medium; and

includes such equipment as modified.

6              Requirement

(1)   Relevant customer equipment must comply with the mandatory requirements set out in the Australian/New Zealand Standard, as in force or existing at the time specified in subsection (2).

(2)   For the purposes of subsection (1), the time specified is:

(a)          if the relevant customer equipment is not modified and neither paragraph (c) nor paragraph (d) applies – the time the relevant customer equipment is manufactured or imported (as the case may be);

(b)          if the relevant customer equipment is modified and neither paragraph (c) nor paragraph (d) applies – the time the relevant customer equipment is so modified;

(c)          if:

(i)         the manufacturer or importer of the relevant customer equipment has previously manufactured or imported other relevant customer equipment on one or more occasions; and

(ii)        on each occasion, the other relevant customer equipment has not been modified and is identical to the first-mentioned relevant customer equipment;

– the first occasion on which the other relevant customer equipment was manufactured or imported (as the case may be); or

(d)          if:

(i)         the manufacturer or importer of the relevant customer equipment has previously manufactured or imported other relevant customer equipment on one or more occasions; and

(ii)        on each occasion, the other relevant customer equipment has been modified and, as modified, is identical to the first-mentioned relevant customer equipment;

– the first occasion on which the other relevant customer equipment was so modified.

7              Effect of amendment to or replacement of Australian/New Zealand Standard

If:

(a)        the Australian/New Zealand Standard is amended, or replaced by another standard, less than one year before the time specified in subsection 6(2) in relation to relevant customer equipment; and

(b)        the relevant customer equipment complies with the mandatory requirements set out in the Australian/New Zealand Standard as in force immediately before the commencement of the amendment or replacement standard (as the case may be);

the relevant customer equipment is taken to comply with section 6.

Notes to the Telecommunications Technical Standard (Information Technology Equipment — Safety, Part 1: General Requirements — AS/NZS 60950.1:2011) 2011

Note 1

The Telecommunications Technical Standard (Information Technology Equipment — Safety, Part 1: General Requirements — AS/NZS 60950.1:2011) 2011 (in force under subsection 376 (1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997) as shown in this compilation is amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Instruments

Title	Date of FRLI registration	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Telecommunications Technical Standard (Information Technology Equipment — Safety, Part 1: General Requirements — AS/NZS 60950.1:2011) 2011	4 May 2011 (see F2011L00684)	5 May 2011
Telecommunications Technical Standard (Information Technology Equipment — Safety, Part 1: General Requirements — AS/NZS 60950.1:2011) Amendment 2013 (No.1)	13 Nov 2013 (see F2013L01927)	14 Nov 2013	—

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
S. 3.........................................	am. 2013 No. 1
S. 5.........................................	rs. 2013 No. 1
S. 6.........................................	rs. 2013 No. 1
S. 7.........................................	ad. 2013 No. 1