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misleading documents to the ACMA.  The ACMA may require documents to be produced to it under this Instrument or under the Act.

Part 3 – Application
7 Application of this Instrument

 (1) This Instrument applies to an item, other than an item mentioned in Schedule 2.
 (2) Schedule 4 has effect.
Note 1   Schedule 4 only applies to customer cabling and cabling-related customer equipment.
Note 2 If an item, or a class of items, to which this Instrument applies is also an item, or a class of items, to which equipment rules made under subsection 156(1) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 applies, the requirements of this Instrument are additional to the requirements of those equipment rules.  A manufacturer or importer may have to comply with requirements of both this Instrument and those equipment rules.

Part 4 – Labelling requirements

Division 1 – Interpretation
8 Applicable technical standards

      (1) This section sets out when a technical standard is an applicable technical standard in relation to an item for the purposes of this Instrument.
Note   This section deals with applicable technical standards for customer equipment (other than cabling-related customer equipment).  Clause 1 of Schedule 4 deals with applicable technical standards for customer cabling and cabling-related customer equipment.

       (2) A technical standard is an applicable technical standard in relation to an item if:

             (a) the item is of a kind mentioned in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1;

             (b) the technical standard is a corresponding applicable technical standard mentioned in column 2 of that table; and

             (c) the technical standard consists of or includes requirements that apply to the item.

Division 2 – Applying a compliance label
9 Requirement to apply a compliance label

       (1) If:

               (a) there are one or more applicable technical standards in relation to an item; and

 (b) the item complies with each standard referred to in paragraph (a);
      this section applies to the item.

 (2) The manufacturer or importer of the item must, before supplying the item, apply a compliance label to the item in accordance with Division 3.

            Note The requirement to apply a compliance label to an item involves:

                (a)            affixing the label to the surface of the item;

                (b)           if it is impossible or impracticable to affix the label to the surface of the item because of the size or physical nature of the item – affixing the label to the external surface of the packaging used for the item and incorporating the label in the documentation that accompanies the item when supplied; or

                (c)            if the item has a built-in display – using the built-in display.

 (3) If:

             (a) there is a reasonable likelihood that the item could be installed or operated