Telecommunications (Customer Equipment Safety) Technical Standard 2018 (Cth)

Telecommunications (Customer Equipment Safety) Technical Standard 2018 Telecommunications Act 1997

The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY makes the following technical standard under subsection 376(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

Dated: 6 December 2018

Nerida O'Loughlin [signed] Member

James Cameron [signed] Member/General Manager

Australian Communications and Media Authority

Part 1 – Preliminary 1 Name

(1) This technical standard is the Telecommunications (Customer Equipment Safety) Technical Standard 2018. (2) This technical standard may also be cited as the Customer Equipment Safety Standard 2018.

2 Commencement

This technical standard commences at the start of the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note: The Federal Register of Legislation may be accessed at www.legislation.gov.au.

3 Authority This technical standard is made under subsection 376(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

4 Repeal of the Telecommunications Technical Standard (Information Technology Equipment – Safety, Part 1: General Requirements – AS/NZS 60950.1:2011) 2011

The Telecommunications Technical Standard (Information Technology Equipment – Safety, Part 1: General Requirements – AS/NZS 60950.1:2011) 2011 (F2011L00684) is repealed.

5 Background

(1) This technical standard applies to particular customer equipment, as provided by section 12.

Note: A thing that is customer equipment to which this technical standard applies is referred to as an item.

(2) This technical standard consists only of such requirements as are necessary or convenient for:

(a) protecting the integrity of a telecommunications network or a facility;

(b) protecting the health or safety of persons who: (i) operate; (ii) work on; (iii) use services supplied by means of; or (iv) are otherwise reasonably likely to be affected by the operation of; a telecommunications network or a facility;