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Telecommunications Technical Standard (Analogue Interworking and Non-interference Requirements for Customer Equipment for Connection to the Public Switched Telephone Network – AS/CA S002) 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 (Analogue Interworking and Non-interference Requirements for Customer Equipment for Connection to the Public Switched Telephone Network – AS/CA S002) 2015.
          (2) This Technical Standard may also be cited as AS/CA S002-2015.

      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 Telecommunications Technical Standard (Analogue Interworking and Non-interference Requirements for Customer Equipment for Connection to the Public Switched Telephone Network – AS/CA S002:2010) 2011 [F2011L00672] is revoked.

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 has the meaning given by section 6.

Act means the Telecommunications Act 1997.

      amendment instrument means an instrument that amends the AS/CA Standard.

AS/CA Standard means the Australian Standard AS/CA S002:2010 – Analogue interworking and non-interference requirements for Customer Equipment for connection to the Public Switched Telephone Network published by Communications Alliance Ltd in October 2010.
          Note The AS/CA Standard is available on Communications Alliance Ltd's website at http://www.commsalliance.com.au.

AS/CA transition period, for an amendment or the replacement of the AS/CA Standard, has the meaning given by section 7.

      included in a class of items has the meaning given by section 8.

      item means a thing that is customer equipment to which this Technical Standard applies, as provided by section 10, and includes a modified item.

      manufacturer, in relation to an item, includes (but is not