{"id":"F2005B00465","name":"Telecommunications Technical Standard (General Requirements for Customer Equipment Connected to an ISDN Primary Rate Interface - ACA TS 014 - 1997)","slug":"telecommunications-technical-standard-general-requirements-for-customer-equipment-connected-to-an-is","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":31880,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005B00465-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Title","sectionType":"part","heading":"Title","content":"# Title\n\n1. This Technical Standard may be cited as ACA TS 014 – 19971.\n\n\\[NOTE: This Standard takes effect on gazettal: see Telecommunications Act 1997 s. 376 (5).\\]","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Definitions","sectionType":"part","heading":"Definitions","content":"# Definitions\n\n2. In this Standard:\n\n“ACA” means the Australian Communications Authority;\n\n“customer equipment” has the meaning it has in the Act;\n\n“ISDN” means the Integrated Services Digital Network;\n\n“telecommunications network” has the meaning it has in subsection 374(1) of the Act;\n\n“the Act” means the Telecommunications Act 1997.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Standard for general requirements for cu","sectionType":"part","heading":"Standard for general requirements for customer equipment connected to a telecommunications network via the ISDN Primary Rate Access Interface","content":"# Standard for general requirements for customer equipment connected to a telecommunications network via the ISDN Primary Rate Access Interface\n\n3. For paragraphs 376 (2) (a), (b), (c) and (d) of the Act, the standard for general requirements for customer equipment connected to a telecommunications network via the ISDN Primary Rate Access Interface is the standard set out in the document known as “ACA TS 014 – 1997” approved by the ACA on 10 December 1997.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"NOTE","sectionType":"part","heading":"NOTE","content":"## NOTE\n\n1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 1997.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2283},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original narrow scope of establishing technical requirements for ISDN Primary Rate Interface customer equipment. There is no indication of scope creep or expansion beyond the initial technical standard-making purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Incorporation by reference of external technical specification (ACA TS 014 – 1997) which contains the actual detailed requirements","Technical subject matter requiring specialised telecommunications knowledge (ISDN protocols, Primary Rate Interface specifications)","Only 5 defined terms and 3 operative sections in the legislative text itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This legislative instrument adopts by reference the ACA TS 014 – 1997 technical standard to set mandatory rules for customer equipment connecting to Australia's ISDN Primary Rate Interface (30-channel) networks. It makes those external technical requirements legally binding without repeating them in the Act.\n\nIt affects manufacturers, businesses using PBX/ISDN equipment, and carriers, ensuring safety, electrical compatibility and interoperability of devices on legacy ISDN networks."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/telecommunications-technical-standard-general-requirements-for-customer-equipment-connected-to-an-is","history":"/api/acts/telecommunications-technical-standard-general-requirements-for-customer-equipment-connected-to-an-is/history","analysis":"/api/acts/telecommunications-technical-standard-general-requirements-for-customer-equipment-connected-to-an-is/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/telecommunications-technical-standard-general-requirements-for-customer-equipment-connected-to-an-is/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/telecommunications-technical-standard-general-requirements-for-customer-equipment-connected-to-an-is/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/telecommunications-technical-standard-general-requirements-for-customer-equipment-connected-to-an-is/documents"}}