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) 2015 (Cth)

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) 2015

The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY makes this Standard under subsection 380(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

Dated 17th February 2015

Chris Chapman [signed] Member

Richard Bean [signed] Member/General Manager

Australian Communications and Media Authority

1 Name of Standard

(1) This Standard is 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) 2015.

(2) This Standard may also be cited as AS/ACIF S040-2015.

Note The AS/ACIF Standard, as adopted by this Standard, does not include any amendments that may subsequently be made by Communications Alliance Ltd to that instrument. If such amendments are made, there will be a discrepancy between the terms of this Standard and those of the AS/ACIF Standard until such time as the amendments to the AS/ACIF Standard are adopted by the ACMA in a standard made under subsection 380(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

2 Commencement

This Standard commences on the day after it is registered.

Note All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments required to be maintained under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.

3 Revocation of 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 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 [F2005B00240] is revoked.