Commonwealth of Australia

Telecommunications Act 1997

Telecommunications Technical Standard

(MobileSat Terminal Compatibility Requirements for System Access—ACA TS 022 – 1997)

THE AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY, makes the following technical standard under subsection 376 (1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

Dated  10 December    1997

A.J. SHAW

Chairman

R. HORTON

Deputy Chairman

AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY

Title

 1. This Technical Standard may be cited as ACA TS 022 – 19971.

[NOTE:  This Standard takes effect on gazettal:  see Telecommunications Act 1997 s. 376 (5).]

Definitions

 2. In this Standard:

“ACA” means the Australian Communications Authority;

“customer equipment” has the meaning it has in the Act;

“the Act” means the Telecommunications Act 1997.

Standard for customer equipment used for connection to a MobileSat system or via a MobileSat system

 3. For paragraphs 376 (2) (a), (b), (c) and (d) of the Act, the standard for customer equipment used for connection to a MobileSat system, or to a telecommunications network via a MobileSat system, is the standard set out in the document known as “ACA TS 022 – 1997” approved by the ACA on 10 December 1997.

NOTE

1.  Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on  1997.