8Meaning of open cabling registration

8 Meaning of open cabling registration

In these rules, open cabling registration means a kind of cabling registration that authorises a person to perform, or supervise the performance of, cabling work where the customer cabling that is used to perform the work terminates at, or connects to, the boundary of the telecommunications network on a:

1. socket;
2. network termination device; or
3. main distribution frame.

Note: See section 22 for requirements for cabling work that involves the use of specialised cabling.

9 Meaning of restricted cabling registration

1. Subject to subsection (2), in these rules, restricted cabling registration means a kind of cabling registration that authorises a person to perform, or supervise the performance of, cabling work where:
   1. the customer cabling that is used to perform the work terminates at, or connects to, the boundary of the telecommunications network on a socket or network termination device; and
   2. the electrical supply voltage in the premises where the cabling work is performed:
      1. does not exceed typical domestic single-phase or three-phase electrical supply voltages; or
      2. does exceed typical domestic single-phase or three-phase electrical supply voltages, but the supply voltages are identifiable by, and the electrical power cables are inaccessible to, every person performing the cabling work.

Note 1: Typical domestic single-phase and three-phase electrical supply voltages are specified by AS IEC 60038:2022.

Note 2: See section 22 for requirements for cabling work that involves the use of specialised cabling.

A restricted cabling registration does not authorise a person to perform or supervise the performance of cabling work that:

(a) uses customer cabling that terminates at, or connects to, the boundary of the telecommunications network on a main distribution frame;
(b) is between customer equipment and a jumperable distributor or jumperable frame, and which terminates at the distributor or frame;
(c) involves cable pairs that are included in cable sheaths shared with other services;
(d) is between customer equipment and a patch panel, and which terminates at the patch panel; or
(e) involves the installation of customer cabling on poles and structures that are used, or intended for use, for the distribution of electricity.
Note: A registered cabling provider who holds a restricted cabling registration typically performs or supervises cabling work in domestic or small business premises. Examples of such cabling work include cabling work (other than cabling work which uses cabling connected via a jumperable distributor, a jumperable frame or a patch panel):