Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00241:front:0:p22
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00241
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 60133–63901

Customer Equipment Safety Standard 2018  Telecommunications (Customer Equipment Safety) Technical Standard 2018                                                                                                                            All of the Customer Equipment Safety Standard 2018 is a high risk standard
4.     Customer equipment that is proposed to be connected to a telecommunications network that consists solely of satellite-based facilities                             Mobile Equipment Standard 2022           Telecommunications (Mobile Equipment Air Interface) Technical Standard 2022
                                                                                                                                                                          Customer Equipment Safety Standard 2018  Telecommunications (Customer Equipment Safety) Technical Standard 2018                                                                                                                            All of the Customer Equipment Safety Standard 2018 is a high risk standard

         Example 1  Customer equipment that is covered by item 1 includes:

            (a)       PBX;

            (b)       analogue telephones;

            (c)       VoIP telephones;

            (d)       ADSL or DSL modems;

            (e)       dial-up modems;

            (f)        cordless telephone handsets and base units;

            (g)       telephone headsets;

            (h)       amplifiers;

            (i)        answering machines; and

            (j)        fax machines.

         Example 2  Customer equipment that is covered by item 2 includes:

            (a)      mobile telephones; and

            (b)      cellular modems.

         Example 3  Customer equipment that is covered by item 3 includes:

           (a)     machine-to-machine communication devices;

           (b)    automatic teller machines; and

           (c)     vending machines.

         Example 4  Customer equipment that is covered by item 4 includes satellite telephones.

         Note 1  Column 3 is included for information only.

         Note 2  Customer equipment mentioned in item 2 may also be customer equipment mentioned in item 3.

Schedule 2—Items to which this Instrument does not apply

(subsection 7(1))
 1. An item that is manufactured or imported solely for use by:

              (a) a criminal law-enforcement agency;

              (b) the Department of Defence or the Defence Force as a temporary facility; or

              (c) the Australian Secret Intelligence Service or the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.
 2. Test equipment for a telecommunications network.
 3. A handset or headset manufactured or imported solely for use with an internet or voice modem connection to a telecommunications network.
 4. An item that is manufactured or imported solely to be exported.
 5. An item that is imported for connection to a telecommunications network or to a facility of such a network in relation to a significant event in circumstances where the manager of the network or facility has given written consent to the connection for the duration of the event.
 6. An item that is manufactured or imported solely for incorporation into another item and that, before such incorporation, cannot be used to connect to a telecommunications network or to a facility of such a network.

Schedule 3—Compliance marks

(section 4)
Part 1 – The RCM

Note The RCM is a protected symbol for the purposes of section 417 of the Act.
Part 2 – The A-tick
Note The A-tick is a protected symbol for the purposes of section 417 of the Act.

Schedule 4—Customer cabling and cabling-related customer equipment

(subsections 4(1) and 7(2))

Part 1 – Interpretation
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