Proposal to remake the TLN and 8 telecommunications standards

The Telecommunications (Labelling Notice for Customer Equipment and Customer Cabling) Instrument 2015 (the TLN), 7 telecommunications technical standards and a disability standard are due to sunset on 1 April 2025.

The TLN specifies the testing, labelling and record-keeping requirements for Australian manufacturers and importers of customer equipment or customer cabling when there are any technical standards that apply to the equipment or cabling.  

The Telecommunications Disability Standard (Requirements for Customer Equipment for use with the Standard Telephone Service — Features for special needs of persons with disabilities — AS/ACIF S040) 2015 (the Disability Standard) is also due to sunset. The Disability Standard requires customer equipment used in connection with a standard telephone service to include features designed to meet the special needs of people with disabilities.

We consider that the TLN and the 8 telecommunications standards continue to form a necessary and useful part of the regulatory framework and to ensure compliance enforceability of our requirements. We are proposing that these instruments be remade with minor or machinery changes necessary to reflect the current technological environment, improve clarity, remove redundant provisions and update references. 

We note that several technical standards due to sunset relate to legacy technologies. This consultation will help inform whether technical specifications in these standards are still required to be mandated.

We invite your comments on the issues in this consultation paper by 20 December 2024.

You can send us your views by selecting the ‘Upload a submission’ button at the top of this page.

Submissions by post can be sent to:

The Manager
Infrastructure and Equipment Safeguards Section
Australian Communications and Media Authority
PO Box 13112 Law Courts
Melbourne VIC 8010

You can email consultation enquiries to techreg@acma.gov.au.