Part 1 Introductory
1.1 Name
of Rules [see Note
1]
These Rules are the Telecommunications Cabling
Provider Rules 2000.
1.2 Commencement
These Rules commence on 3 October 2000.
1.3 Definitions
In these Rules:
Act means the Telecommunications Act 1997.
approved form means a form approved by the ACMA
under section 1.4.
cabling provider means an individual who
performs or supervises cabling work.
cabling work means cabling work of a kind
that is declared by the Telecommunications (Types of Cabling Work)
Declaration 1997, as in force from time to time, to be a type of cabling
work for the purposes of Division 9 of Part 21 of the Act.
Labelling Notice means:
(a) the Telecommunications Labelling
(Customer Equipment and Cabling) Notice 1997 as amended from time to time;
or
(b) a Notice made in substitution for that
Notice.
lift cabling work has the meaning given by
section 2.4.
open cabling work has the meaning given by
section 2.2.
registered cabling provider has the meaning
given by subsection 3.1 (8).
registration system means the system operated
for subsection 3.1 (1).
restricted cabling work has the meaning given
by section 2.3.
unregistered cabling provider has the meaning
given by subsection 4.1 (2).
Wiring Rules means the Australian Standard –
Installation Requirements for Customer Cabling (Wiring Rules) (AS/ACIF
S009:2006), as in force from time to time.
1.4 Approval
of forms
The ACMA may approve, in writing, forms that must
or may be used for the purpose of complying with these Rules.
Examples of forms
1 Forms for registration under the
registration system mentioned in subsections 3.1 (2) and (3).
2 A certificate for the purposes of
section 4.5.
1.5 Application
of the Rules
These Rules apply to every individual who wishes:
(a) to perform the type of cabling work
specified in Part 2; or
(b) to supervise the performance of any type of
cabling work that is specified in Part 2.
Part 2 Cabling work
2.1 Types
These Rules apply to 3 types of cabling work:
(a) open cabling work; and
(b) restricted cabling work; and
(c) lift cabling work.
2.2 Open
cabling work
Open cabling work is any type of
cabling work (including aerial or underground cabling work on private or public
property) in which the customer cabling that is used terminates at the network
boundary on a socket, a network termination device or a distributor.
Examples of distributors
1 Building Distributor (formerly known as
a Main Distribution Frame).
2 Campus Distributor.
2.3 Restricted
cabling work
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the following cabling
work is restricted cabling work:
(a) cabling work (including aerial or
underground cabling work on private property):
(i) that is performed only in relation
to a customer’s premises; and
(ii) in which the electrical supply
voltage does not exceed typical domestic single-phase and three-phase
electrical supply voltages; and
(iii) in which the customer cabling
that is used terminates at the network boundary on a socket or network
termination device;
(b) cabling work in which customer cabling is
connected to customer equipment that complies with:
(i) the Act; and
(ii) the requirements of the Labelling
Notice;
(c) cabling work that meets each of the
following criteria:
(i) the work is performed only in
relation to a customer’s premises;
(ii) the electrical supply voltage
exceeds the typical domestic single‑phase and three-phase electrical
supply voltages;
(iii) the supply voltages are
identifiable by every person performing the cabling work;
(iv) the electrical power cables are
inaccessible to any person performing the cabling work
Note 1 Domestic single-phase and
three-phase electrical supply voltages are nominally 240 and 415 V a.c. (Volts
Alternating Current) respectively.
Note 2 Section 4.6 sets out requirements
that must be met if a cabling provider is performing restricted cabling work
that relates to aerial cabling.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to cabling work:
(a) performed between customer equipment and any
of the following jumperable distributors or jumperable frames, and terminating
at the distributor or frame:
(i) a Building Distributor;
(ii) a Campus Distributor;
(iii) a Local Distributor;
(iv) a Floor Distributor;
(v) a System Distribution Frame;
(vi) a Test Point Frame; or
(b) involving cable pairs that are included in
cable sheaths shared with other services; or
(c) performed between customer equipment and a
patch panel, and terminating at the patch panel.
Examples of restricted cabling work
1 Cabling work connected behind an alarm
panel or modem (but not via a jumperable distributor, a jumperable frame or a
patch panel).
2 Cabling work connected directly behind
a Customer Switching System (but not via a jumperable distributor, a jumperable
frame or a patch panel).
3 Cabling work for additional phone
points (other than the first point) in a commercial, high rise or multi-storey
building, if the service involved is a standard telephone service (but not via
a jumperable distributor, a jumperable frame or a patch panel).
4 Cabling work for a home automation
system (but not via a jumperable distributor, a jumperable frame or a patch
panel).
2.4 Lift cabling work
Lift cabling
work is cabling work:
(a) that is performed in relation to a lift that
has been installed, or is to be installed; and
(b) in relation to
which the customer cabling that is used connects:
(i) a cross connection point adjacent
to the lift motor room; and
(ii) the lift control cubicle within
the lift motor room; and
(iii) the lift cars.
Examples of cross connection points
1 The Floor Distributor (formerly known
as the Intermediate Distribution Frame).
2 The Local Distributor (formerly known
as the Final Distribution Point).
3 Another suitable cable termination
point adjacent to the lift motor room.
Part 3 Registration
3.1 Arrangements
for registration
(1) The ACMA must make arrangements for the operation of
a system for the registration of cabling providers (the registration system).
(2) The registration
system must include the following matters:
(a) the publication of competency requirements
with which a cabling provider must have evidence of compliance before being
eligible for registration;
(b) the registration, by a registrar, of cabling
providers who comply with those requirements;
(c) the
registration, by a registrar, of individuals:
(i) who do
not comply with the competency requirements; and
(ii) to whom
the transitional arrangements in section 6.2 apply.
(3) The registration
system may also include some or all of the following matters:
(a) requirements for the conduct of the
registrars;
(b) conditions to which registration may be
subject;
(c) circumstances in which registration may be
suspended, revoked or renewed;
(d) arrangements for the auditing of cabling
work;
(e) arrangements for the auditing of
registration documents;
(f) arrangements, consistent with the Privacy
Act 1988 and the Information Privacy Principles, for the protection of
information given to a registrar.
(4) For paragraph (2) (a), a cabling provider
is taken to comply with the competency requirements if the cabling provider
gives to a registrar:
(a) a copy of a current registration as a
cabling provider that was issued by a registrar; or
(b) both of the following:
(i) an application for renewal of
registration as a cabling provider;
(ii) a copy of the cabling provider’s
registration that expired during a period that is not greater than 12 months
before the application for renewal is given to the Registrar; or
(c) written certification from a registered
training organisation that the cabling provider has completed a training course
that complies with the competency requirements; or
(d) written advice from the ACMA stating that,
for a reason mentioned in the advice, the cabling provider may use an expired
registration.
Note Upon registration, a provider will
receive proof of registration from a registrar. The precise form of the proof
of registration is a matter for the particular registrar, but it will usually
be a registration card, and in some cases a written certificate.
(5) The registration system may:
(a) authorise the publication of competency
requirements for:
(i) different types of individual; and
(ii) the different types of cabling
work mentioned in Part 2; and
(b) include other arrangements relating to the
performance or supervision of cabling work.
(6) The ACMA:
(a) may operate the registration
system itself; or
(b) engage 1 or more
persons to:
(i) operate
the registration system, or
(ii) act as registrars; and
(b) is not required to act as a registrar.
(7) The ACMA must not engage a person to operate the registration system or act as a registrar unless the
ACMA has accredited the person in accordance with accreditation procedures made
and published by the ACMA.
(8) A cabling provider who is registered under the registration system is a registered cabling provider
for the cabling work to which the registration relates.
3.2 Information
given by registered cabling providers
(1) A registered cabling provider must inform a
registrar of any change to the information for contacting the provider that is
held by the registrar.
(2) The cabling provider must comply with
subsection (1) within 21 days after the change happens.
3.3 Registrar
no longer accredited — consequences for registered cabling providers
(1) This section applies if, for any reason, a registrar
ceases to be an accredited registrar.
(2) A registered cabling provider whose registration is
in force, and who gained registration through a registrar before that registrar
ceased to be accredited, is taken to remain registered until the earliest of:
(a) the end of a period specified by the ACMA;
and
(b) the date on which the cabling provider’s
registration ceases to apply.
Part 4 Performance of cabling work
4.1 Performance
of cabling work
(1) Cabling work of any of the types mentioned in Part
2 must be performed by:
(a) a registered cabling provider; or
(b) an individual mentioned in subsection (2).
(2) An individual who is not a registered cabling
provider (an unregistered cabling provider) may perform cabling
work only if the individual is supervised, at all times while performing
cabling work, by a registered cabling provider.
4.2 Standard
of cabling work
(1) Subject to subsection (2), cabling work of any of
the types mentioned in Part 2 must be performed, and supervised, in accordance
with:
(a) the competency requirements mentioned in
paragraph 3.1 (2) (a); and
(b) the Wiring Rules.
(2) Cabling work that complies with clause 1 or 2 of
Schedule 1 is not required to comply with clauses 9.1.2.1, 9.1.2.2 and 9.1.2.3 of
the Wiring Rules.
4.3 Cabling
and customer equipment
A cabling provider may install and
use cable and customer equipment only if it complies with the requirements of
the Labelling Notice.
4.4 Supervision
of unregistered cabling provider
If a registered cabling provider supervises an
unregistered cabling provider, the registered cabling provider must ensure
that:
(a) the unregistered cabling provider is
supervised, at all times while performing cabling work, by a registered cabling
provider; and
(b) each registered cabling provider who
supervises that cabling work accepts full responsibility for the standard of the
work performed under the provider’s supervision; and
(c) all work performed under supervision
complies fully with:
(i) the competency requirements
mentioned in paragraph 3.1 (2) (a); and
(ii) the Wiring Rules.
4.5 Certification
of cabling work
(1) This section applies whenever a cabling provider
finishes any cabling work (including a discrete part of a cabling project),
other than:
(a) running jumpers on distribution frames; or
(b) transposing jumpers on distribution frames;
or
(c) removing jumpers from distribution frames;
or
(d) replacing a piece of minor cabling equipment
(including a plug, socket, module or over voltage unit).
(2) The registered cabling provider who performed the
cabling work or supervised the performance of the cabling work must:
(a) prepare a statement that identifies the
cabling work, and states that the cabling work:
(i) has been completed; and
(ii) complies fully with the Wiring
Rules; and
(b) give the statement to:
(i) the cabling provider’s employer;
or
(ii) if the cabling provider has been
engaged to perform the cabling work through a person other than an
employer — that person; or
(iii) in any other case — the
customer who engaged the cabling provider to perform the cabling work.
(3) The statement may be prepared:
(a) in an approved form; or
(b) as an attachment to, or an entry on, an
invoice or receipt that relates to the cabling work.
(4) The statement may show whether the cabling work was
performed by the cabling provider:
(a) on the cabling provider’s own behalf; or
(b) as an employee; or
(c) on behalf of a person who is not the cabling
provider’s employer.
(5) If the cabling provider who performed the cabling
work gives the statement to a person mentioned in subparagraph
(2) (b) (i) or (ii), that person must give the statement to the
customer who asked for the cabling work to be performed.
(6) A cabling provider who prepares a statement
mentioned in subsection (2) must:
(a) keep a copy of the statement for at least 1
year after preparing it; and
(b) make the copy available, on reasonable
request, to:
(i) the ACMA and its inspectors; or
(ii) an auditor authorised by the ACMA to
inspect the copy for the purpose of monitoring compliance with the Rules.
4.6 Additional
requirements relating to the performance of restricted cabling work
If a cabling provider is performing restricted
cabling work that relates to aerial cabling, the cabling provider must not use
poles that are used, or are available for use, on the property for the
distribution of electricity.
Part 5 Relationship with the ACMA
5.1 Assistance
to the ACMA
A cabling provider must give all reasonable
cooperation and assistance to:
(a) the ACMA and its inspectors; and
(b) auditors authorised by the ACMA for the
purpose of monitoring compliance with these Rules.