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Telecommunications Technical Standard (Requirements for DSL Customer Equipment for connection to the Public Switched Telephone Network – AS/ACIF S041) 2015
Telecommunications Act 1997

The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY makes this Technical Standard under subsection 376(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

Part 1 – Preliminary

      1 Name of Technical Standard

          (1) This Technical Standard is the Telecommunications Technical Standard (Requirements for DSL Customer Equipment for connection to the Public Switched Telephone Network – AS/ACIF S041) 2015.
          (2) This Technical Standard may also be cited as AS/ACIF S041-2015.

      2 Commencement

  This Technical Standard commences on the day after it is registered.

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

      3 Revocation

  The following instruments are revoked:
          (a)          Telecommunications Technical Standard (Requirements for DSL Customer Equipment for connection to the Public Switched Telephone Network – Part 1: General – AS/ACIF S041.1:2009) 2009 [F2009L04369];
          (b)           Telecommunications Technical Standard (Requirements for DSL Customer Equipment for connection to the Public Switched Telephone Network – Part 2: Modems for use in connection with all DSL services – AS/ACIF S041.2:2009) 2009 [F2009L04370]; and

          (c)          Telecommunications Technical Standard (Requirements for DSL Customer Equipment for connection to the Public Switched Telephone Network – Part 3: Filters for use in connection with all ADSL services – AS/ACIF S041.3:2009) 2009 [F2009L04371].

4 Objects of Technical Standard

  The objects of this Technical Standard are to specify requirements that 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;

          (c) ensuring that customer equipment can be used to give access to an emergency call service; and

          (d) ensuring, for the purposes of the supply of a standard telephone service, the interoperability of customer equipment with a telecommunications network to which the equipment is, or is proposed to be, connected.
Part 2 – Interpretation

5 Definitions

 In this Technical Standard:

ACMA transition period, in relation to an applicable AS/ACIF Standard, has the meaning given by section 7.

Act means the Telecommunications Act 1997.

ADSL item means an item of customer equipment that is an ADSL filter, or part of an ADSL filter, that is designed, or intended, for connection to an ADSL service that shares the metallic local loop with an analogue public switched telephone network two-wire service.

          Note "ADSL" stands for