246Determination of technical standards

##### 246 Determination of technical standards (1) AUSTEL may, by notice published in the Gazette, determine a technical standard relating to customer equipment, or customer cabling, that is connected to a telecommunications network. (2) Subject to subsection (3), AUSTEL may only determine such a standard where it believes it to be necessary or desirable to do so in order to: (a) protect the integrity of a telecommunications network or the safety of persons working on, or using services supplied by means of, a telecommunications network; or (b) ensure the interoperability of customer equipment, or customer cabling, with a telecommunications network to which it is connected; or (c) ensure that customer equipment, or customer cabling, connected to a telecommunications network complies with recognised international standards concerning the interfacing of customer equipment or customer cabling to a telecommunications network; or (d) maintain or improve the end-to-end quality of telecommunications services for or in relation to the supply of which customer equipment or customer cabling is used; or (e) contain interference to radiocommunications or to any uses or functions of devices; or (f) establish for the uses or functions of devices an adequate level of immunity from electromagnetic disturbance. (3) A standard determined under this section may vary or revoke another standard determined under this section. (4) A standard determined under this section has effect on and from the day specified in the notice published under subsection (1). (5) A standard determined under this section is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.