Telecommunications Labelling (Customer Equipment and Customer Cabling) Amendment Notice 2003 (No. 1)

Telecommunications Labelling (Customer Equipment and Customer Cabling) Amendment Notice 2003 (No. 1)

The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY makes this Notice under section 407 of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

Dated         12  March 2003                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                A.J SHAW                                                                                              Chair                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      R HORTON                                                                               Deputy Chair

Australian Communications Authority

1 Name of Notice

  This Notice is the Telecommunications Labelling (Customer Equipment and Customer Cabling) Amendment Notice 2003 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  This Notice commences on gazettal.

3 Amendment of Telecommunications Labelling (Customer Equipment and Customer Cabling) Notice 2001

  Schedule 1 amends the Telecommunications Labelling (Customer Equipment and Customer Cabling) Notice 2001.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(section 3)

Do not delete: Schedule Part Placeholder

[1] Section 1.4, definition of declaration of conformity

substitute

declaration of conformity means a declaration that:

 (a) for equipment other than disability customer equipment:

 (i) is in the form set out in Schedule 5; or

 (ii) contains the information required in the form set out in Schedule 5 (whether or not the declaration includes other material); and

 (b) for disability customer equipment:

 (i) is in the form set out in Schedule 5A; or

 (ii) contains the information required in the form set out in Schedule 5A (whether or not the declaration includes other material).

Note   Suppliers are not required to copy the declaration in Schedule 5 or 5A. They may create and submit their own forms which must contain, as a minimum, the information mentioned in Schedule 5 or 5A.

[2] Section 1.4, after definition of description of the item

insert

disability has the meaning given by section 4 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.

disability customer equipment means customer equipment that:

 (a) is for use by a person with a disability; and

 (b) has at least 1 feature:

 (i) that is designed to assist a person with a disability to access a service supplied over the analogue public switched telephone network; and

 (ii) that is not a feature mentioned in the Telecommunications Disability Standard (Requirements for Customer Equipment for use with the Standard Telephone Service — Features for special needs of persons with disabilities — AS/ACIF S040) 2002; and

 (c) can connect only to the analogue public switched telephone network.

disability representative body means a body that:

 (a) represents a group of persons with a disability; and

 (b) is funded by the department administered by the Minister with administrative responsibility for family and community services; and

 (c) is listed on the ACA website as a disability representative body.

 [3] After subsection 1.5 (4)

insert

 (5) If the item is an item of disability customer equipment, the compliance records include a written statement from a disability representative body to the effect that the equipment has a feature that will assist a person with a disability to access a service supplied over the analogue public switched telephone network.

[4] Subparagraph 1.6 (d) (ii)

omit

1997.

insert

1997;

[5] After paragraph 1.6 (d)

insert

 (e) if the item is an item of disability customer equipment, a description of each feature of the equipment that is designed to assist a person with a disability to access a service supplied over the analogue public switched telephone network.

 [6] Part 4, after Division 4.3

insert

Division 4.4 Additional requirements for disability customer equipment

4.8 Labelling disability customer equipment

 (1) This section applies in relation to disability customer equipment.

 (2) The supplier must complete a declaration of conformity as set out in Schedule 5A.

[7] Schedule 1, Part 2, after category A50

insert

[8] Schedule 1, Part 2, after note 21

insert

Note 22   An item that meets the applicable standards mentioned in category A51 is not required to meet the applicable standards mentioned in categories A1 and A2.

[9] Schedule 4A, at the end

insert

• For Southern Queensland Region

(including Brisbane and Rockhampton):

Australian Communications Authority

PO Box 288

Red Hill QLD 4059

Fax: (07) 3247 7100

Email: sqro@aca.gov.au

• For Western Australian Region

Australian Communications Authority

PO Box 6189

East Perth WA 6892

Fax: (08) 9461 2100

Email: waro@aca.gov.au

[10] After Schedule 5

insert

Schedule 5A Declaration of conformity — disability customer equipment

(section 1.4)

As required by a Notice under section 407 of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

GUIDELINES AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETION

This form, once completed, must be included in the compliance record for the customer equipment (paragraph 1.5 (1) (b)). 

A copy of this form must be sent to the ACA at the following postal address, facsimile number or email address.

The Compliance Manager

Telecommunications Standards Team

Australian Communications Authority

PO Box 13112

Law Courts

MELBOURNE  VIC  8010.

Fax: (03) 9963 6970

Email: comply.label@aca.gov.au

SUPPLIER’S DETAILS

DISABILITY CUSTOMER EQUIPMENT  DETAILS

DISABILITY REPRESENTATIVE BODY STATEMENT

APPLICABLE STANDARDS

Standard Title, Number and if applicable the Test Report Number

SUPPLIER’S DECLARATION