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of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, other expressions in this Technical Standard have the same meaning as in the Act, including:
              * customer equipment (see sections 7 and 21)
              * emergency call service (see section 7)
              * facility (see section 7 and subsection 374(2))
              * import (see section 7)
              * manufacturer or importer of customer equipment or customer cabling (see section 406A)
              * standard telephone service (see section 7)
              * telecommunications network (see section 7 and subsection 374(1)).

6 Applicable AS/CA Standard

      In this Technical Standard, each of the following is an applicable AS/CA Standard in relation to an item:

          (a)          in all cases – AS/CA S003.1: 2010;

          (b)          if the item is an analogue/TDM item – AS/CA S003.2:2010;

          (c)          if the item is a packet/cell based item – AS/CA S003.3:2010.

          Note    AS/CA S003.1:2010, AS/CA S003.2:2010 and AS/CA S003.3:2010 are available on Communications Alliance Ltd's website at http://www.commsalliance.com.au.

      7  ACMA transition period

       In this Technical Standard, if an applicable AS/CA Standard is amended or replaced, there is an ACMA transition period in relation to the applicable AS/CA Standard, being:
          (a) in a case where there is an AS/CA transition period for the amendment or replacement of the applicable AS/CA Standard – a period that is the same as the AS/CA transition period; or
          (b) in any other case – a period of two years commencing on the day the applicable AS/CA Standard is amended or replaced.
            Note 1 See subsections 13(3) and 14(4) in relation to an ACMA transition period.
            Note 2 If the applicable AS/CA Standard is amended or replaced during an ACMA transition period, there is another ACMA transition period which overlaps with the first-mentioned transition period.  See subsections 13(4) and 14(5) in relation to overlapping ACMA transition periods.

8 AS/CA transition period

          (1) If:
             (a)          an amendment instrument or a replacement standard, in relation to an applicable AS/CA Standard, determines arrangements to deal with any issues of a transitional nature that may arise as a result of the amendment or replacement of the applicable AS/CA Standard;
             (b)          the arrangements are for a specified period commencing on the day the applicable AS/CA Standard is amended or replaced; and
             (c)          the arrangements have the effect of allowing a relevant item to comply with:
                 (i) the applicable AS/CA Standard as in force immediately before the commencement of the specified period; or
                 (ii) the applicable AS/CA Standard, or the replacement standard, as in force at the commencement of the specified period;

          the specified period is an AS/CA transition period for the amendment or replacement of the applicable AS/CA Standard, for the purposes of section 7.

          (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), each of the following is a relevant item:

             (a)