Telecommunications Technical Standard (Requirements for Customer Access Equipment for connection to Telecommunications Network - Part 1: General - As/CA S003.1:2010) 2010 (Cth)

Telecommunications Technical Standard (Requirements for Customer Access Equipment for connection to Telecommunications Network — Part 1: General — AS/CA S003.1:2010) 2010

as amended

made under subsection 376 (1) of the

Telecommunications Act 1997

This compilation was prepared on 4 December 2012
taking into account amendments up to Telecommunications Technical Standard (Requirements for Customer Access Equipment for connection to Telecommunications Network — Part 1: General — AS/CA S003.1:2010) Amendment 2012 (No. 1)

Prepared by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, Canberra

Contents

1Name of Technical Standard [see Note 1]   3

2Commencement [see Note 1]   3

3Definitions   3

4Objects of Technical Standard   3

5Requirement   4

Notes 5

1. Name of Technical Standard [see Note 1]

(1)   This Technical Standard is the Telecommunications Technical Standard (Requirements for Customer Access Equipment for connection to Telecommunications Network — Part 1: General — AS/CA S003.1:2010) 2010.

(2)   This Technical Standard may also be cited as the AS/CA S003.1‑2010.

1. Commencement [see Note 1]

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

1. Definitions

Act means the Telecommunications Act 1997.

customer access equipment means customer equipment that:

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

(b)    is capable of the switching, storage, processing, conversion, integration, line isolation, coupling or multiplexing of analogue voice, digital voice or voice equivalent communication.

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

port means an interface to equipment that enables:

(a)    the supply of an output signal from the equipment; or

(b)    the acceptance of an input signal to the equipment.

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

·      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.

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.

1. Requirement

Customer access equipment must comply with the mandatory requirements set out in the Australian Standard — Requirements for Customer Access Equipment for connection to a Telecommunications Network – Part 1: General (AS/CA S003.1:2010), published by Communications Alliance Ltd in September 2010, and incorporating the amendment made to the standard of that name published on 15 June 2012.

Note   On 15 June 2012, Communications Alliance Ltd published Amendment No. 1/2012 to AS/CA S003.1:2010. That amendment updated the reference to Australian Standard AS/NZS 60950.1:2003, in section 3 of AS/CA S003.1:2010, to the 2011 edition of that standard.

Notes to the Telecommunications Technical Standard (Requirements for Customer Access Equipment for connection to Telecommunications Network — Part 1: General — AS/CA S003.1:2010) 2010

Note 1

The Telecommunications Technical Standard (Requirements for Customer Access Equipment for connection to Telecommunications Network — Part 1: General — AS/CA S003.1:2010) 2010 (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 (Requirements for Customer Access Equipment for connection to Telecommunications Network — Part 1: General — AS/CA S003.1:2010) 2010	6 Oct 2010 (see F2010L02571)	7 Oct 2010
Telecommunications Technical Standard (Requirements for Customer Access Equipment for connection to Telecommunications Network — Part 1: General — AS/CA S003.1:2010) Amendment 2012 (No. 1)	2 Oct 2012 (see F2012L01986)	3 Oct 2012	—

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
S. 5.........................................	rs. 2012 No. 1