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Telecommunications (Customer Equipment Safety) Technical Standard 2018
Telecommunications Act 1997

The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY makes the following technical standard under subsection 376(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

Dated: 6 December 2018

Nerida O'Loughlin
[signed]
Member

James Cameron
[signed]
Member/General Manager

Australian Communications and Media Authority

Part 1 – Preliminary
1 Name

          (1) This technical standard is the Telecommunications (Customer Equipment Safety) Technical Standard 2018.
          (2) This technical standard may also be cited as the Customer Equipment Safety Standard 2018.

      2 Commencement

  This technical standard commences at the start of the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note: The Federal Register of Legislation may be accessed at www.legislation.gov.au.

3 Authority
  This technical standard is made under subsection 376(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

4 Repeal of the Telecommunications Technical Standard (Information Technology Equipment – Safety, Part 1: General Requirements – AS/NZS 60950.1:2011) 2011

        The Telecommunications Technical Standard (Information Technology Equipment – Safety, Part 1: General Requirements – AS/NZS 60950.1:2011) 2011 (F2011L00684) is repealed.

5 Background

          (1) This technical standard applies to particular customer equipment, as provided by section 12.

          Note: A thing that is customer equipment to which this technical standard applies is referred to as an item.

          (2) This technical standard consists only of such requirements as 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; or

             (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
6 Definitions

 In this technical standard:

2015 industry standard means the Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 60950.1:2015 – Information technology equipment – Safety, Part 1: General requirements published by Standards Australia on 1 September 2015.

           Note 1: The 2015 industry standard is incorporated as in force at the times mentioned in sections 14 to 16.

           Note 2: A copy of the 2015 industry standard could, at the time of making this technical standard, be obtained for a fee from SAI Global Pty Limited's website at https://infostore.saiglobal.com/ or may be viewed at an office of the ACMA on request and subject to licensing conditions.

2018 industry standard means the Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 62368.1:2018 – Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment – Part 1: Safety requirements published by