{"id":"F2005B00460","name":"Telecommunications Technical Standard (GSM Customer Equipment - ACA TS 018 - 1997)","slug":"telecommunications-technical-standard-gsm-customer-equipment-aca-ts-018-1997","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":31873,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005B00460-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Title","sectionType":"part","heading":"Title","content":"# Title\n\n1.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 Standard is called Telecommunications Standard (ACA TS 018) 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“GSM” means the digital cellular mobile telecommunications system known as ‘Global System for Mobile Communications’;\n\n“the Act” means the Telecommunications Act 1997.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Standard for customer equipment connecte","sectionType":"part","heading":"Standard for customer equipment connected to a GSM network","content":"# Standard for customer equipment connected to a GSM network\n\n3. For paragraphs 376 (2) (a), (b), (c) and (d) of the Act, the standard for non-interference interworking requirements for customer equipment intended for connection to a public GSM digital cellular mobile telecommunications system is the standard set out in the document known as “ACA TS 018 - 97” approved by the ACA in the ACA meeting of 26 November 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":1756},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains its original narrow scope of setting technical interoperability standards for GSM customer equipment. There is no evidence of scope creep or expansion beyond the specific purpose of regulating device connectivity to GSM networks."},"complexity_factors":["Incorporation by reference of external technical document (ACA TS 018 - 97) without reproducing its contents in the legislative text","Only 4 defined terms in the interpretation section","Single operative provision (section 3) adopting the standard by reference","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument imposes legally binding technical requirements for mobile phones and devices connecting to Australia’s public GSM (2G) networks by adopting the ACA TS 018‑97 specifications. It targets manufacturers, suppliers and importers of GSM equipment and matters because it enforces non‑interference interworking standards to protect network integrity, ensure service quality, and guarantee reliable cross‑vendor compatibility."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/telecommunications-technical-standard-gsm-customer-equipment-aca-ts-018-1997","history":"/api/acts/telecommunications-technical-standard-gsm-customer-equipment-aca-ts-018-1997/history","analysis":"/api/acts/telecommunications-technical-standard-gsm-customer-equipment-aca-ts-018-1997/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/telecommunications-technical-standard-gsm-customer-equipment-aca-ts-018-1997/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/telecommunications-technical-standard-gsm-customer-equipment-aca-ts-018-1997/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/telecommunications-technical-standard-gsm-customer-equipment-aca-ts-018-1997/documents"}}