Commonwealth legislation

Telecommunications Technical Standard (Line Isolation Devices - ACA TS 025 - 1997)

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What this does: This law sets technical safety rules for devices called Line Isolation Devices (LIDs). These are pieces of equipment that sit between Airservices Australia's air traffic control systems (like radar or navigation towers) and regular telephone networks.

Who it affects: Mainly Airservices Australia (the government body managing air traffic), telecommunications companies, and manufacturers of these isolation devices.

Why it matters: It ensures that when sensitive aviation safety equipment connects to public phone networks, there's proper electrical isolation. This prevents interference from the phone network disrupting critical air traffic control systems, keeping air travel safe.

How it works: Rather than listing all the technical specifications directly in the law, it simply requires compliance with a technical document named "ACA TS 025 – 1997" that was approved in November 1997.

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Title

This Technical Standard may be cited as ACA TS 025 – 19971.

[NOTE: This Standard takes effect on gazettal: see Telecommunications Act 1997 s. 376 (5).]

Definitions

In this Standard:

“ACA” means the Australian Communications Authority;

“Airservices Australia equipment” means equipment or systems, other than those used for telephony, used by Airservices Australia for the purposes of air navigation;

“LID” means Line Isolation Device, being customer equipment connected between Airservices Australia equipment and a telecommunications network;

“the Act” means the Telecommunications Act 1997.

Standard for LIDs connected to a telecom

Standard for LIDs connected to a telecommunications network

For paragraphs 376 (2) (a), (b), (c) and (d) of the Act, the standard for interworking requirements for LIDs that facilitate isolation between:

(a) Airservices Australia equipment; and

(b) a telecommunications network;

is the standard set out in the document known as “ACA TS 025 – 1997” approved by the ACA in the ACA meeting of 26 November 1997.

NOTE

Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 1997.

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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