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Telecommunications Technical Standard (Information Technology Equipment – Safety, Part 1: General Requirements – AS/NZS 60950.1:2003 (Incorporating Amendment Nos 1, 2 and 3)) 2008

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Telecommunications Technical Standard (Information Technology Equipment — Safety, Part 1: General Requirements — AS/NZS 60950.1:2003 (Incorporating Amendment Nos 1, 2 and 3)) 2008
Telecommunications Act 1997
The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY makes this Technical Standard under subsection 376 (1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997.
Dated 28 October 2008
Chris Chapman
[signed]
Member
Marcus Bezzi
[signed]
Member
Australian Communications and Media Authority
  
  
1              Name of Technical Standard
         (1)   This Technical Standard is the Telecommunications Technical Standard (Information Technology Equipment — Safety, Part 1: General Requirements — AS/NZS 60950.1:2003 (Incorporating Amendment Nos 1, 2 and 3)) 2008.
         (2)   This Technical Standard may also be cited as AS/NZS 60950.1‑2003 (Incorporating Amendment Nos 1, 2 and 3).
Note   The alternate citation mentioned in subsection (2) is the name by which the AS/NZS Standard, adopted by this Technical Standard under section 6, is usually cited.
2              Commencement
                This Technical Standard commences on the day after it is registered.
3              Objects of Technical Standard
                The objects of this Technical Standard are:
                (a)    to protect the integrity of telecommunications networks and facilities; and
               (b)    to protect the health and safety of persons who:
                          (i)    operate; or
                         (ii)    work on; or
                         (iii)    use services supplied by means of; or
                        (iv)    are otherwise reasonably likely to be affected by the operation of;
                        a telecommunications network or facility; and
                (c)    to ensure that customer equipment can be used to give access to an emergency call service; and
               (d)    for the purpose of the supply of a standard telephone service — to ensure the interoperability of customer equipment with a telecommunications network to which the equipment:
                          (i)    is connected; or
                         (ii)    is proposed to be connected.
4              Definitions
                In this Technical Standard:
Act means the Telecommunications Act 1997.
AS/NZS Standard means the Australian Standard/New Zealand Standard: Information technology equipment — Safety, Part 1: General requirements — (AS/NZS 60950.1:2003 (Incorporating Amendment Nos 1, 2 and 3)).
information technology equipment means customer equipment:
                (a)    a primary function of which is the entry, storage, display, retrieval, transmission, processing, switching or control of data and of telecommunications messages; and
               (b)    that may be equipped with 1 or more terminal ports typically operated for information transfer; and
                (c)    that has a rated supply voltage of not more than 600 volts.
Note   The following expressions used in this Technical Standard are defined in section 7 of the Act:
·      customer equipment
·      emergency call service
·      standard telephone service.
5              Application of Technical Standard
                This Technical Standard applies to:
                (a)    customer equipment that is designed or intended for connection to a telecommunications network; and
               (b)    information technology equipment designed to use the AC mains supply as a telecommunications transmission medium.
6              Standard with which customer equipment must comply
                Customer equipment and information technology equipment to which this Technical Standard applies must comply with the AS/NZS Standard as in force at the commencement of this Technical Standard.