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provided by section 10, and includes a modified item.

      manufacturer, in relation to an item, includes (but is not limited to) a person who modifies the item.

      modified item means an item that has been modified, by or on behalf of the manufacturer or importer of the item, after the item was manufactured or imported and, for the avoidance of doubt, is the item as modified.

      original item has the meaning given by subsection 8(1).

      original modified item has the meaning given by subsection 8(2).

      replacement standard means a standard that replaces the AS/ACIF Standard.
          Note In accordance with paragraph 13(1)(b) 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                             ACMA transition period

       In this Technical Standard, if the AS/ACIF Standard is amended or replaced, there is an ACMA transition period, being:
          (a) in a case where there is an AS/ACIF transition period for the amendment or replacement of the AS/ACIF Standard – a period that is the same as the AS/ACIF transition period; or
          (b) in any other case – a period of two years commencing on the day the AS/ACIF Standard is amended or replaced.
             Note 1 See subsections 12(3) and 13(4) in relation to an ACMA transition period.
           Note 2 If the AS/ACIF 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 12(4) and 13(5) in relation to overlapping ACMA transition periods.

7 AS/ACIF transition period

          (1) If:
             (a)          an amendment instrument or a replacement 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 AS/ACIF Standard;
             (b)          the arrangements are for a specified period commencing on the day the AS/ACIF Standard is amended or replaced; and
             (c)          the arrangements have the effect of allowing a relevant item to comply with:
                 (i) the AS/ACIF Standard as in force immediately before the commencement of the specified period; or
                 (ii) the AS/ACIF Standard, or the replacement standard, as in force at the commencement of the specified period;

          the specified period is an AS/ACIF transition period for the amendment or replacement of the AS/ACIF Standard, for the purposes of section 6.

          (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), each