Group, A brief note concerning telecoms compliance for Australia.
On 26 Nov 03, Amendment No 2 of 2003 to the TLN (Telecommunications Labelling Notice) Notice 2001 was gazetted. Amendment 2 of 2003 introduces several changes. One of these changes introduces AS/NZS 60950:2000 into the TLN and allows compliance with either AS/NZS 60950:2000 or TS001 up to and including 30 Jun 04. On 01 Jul 04, only compliance with AS/NZS 60950:2000 will be acceptable (i.e. in terms of the legislation this means that the latest date an Australian Declaration of Conformity to TS001 can be signed is 30 Jun 04). I can advise therefore that the following is now official: a) Compliance with AS/NZS 60950:2000 as an alternative to TS001 is legally acceptable as of 26 Nov 03. b) Compliance with TS001 will not be acceptable after 30 Jun 04. Test Reports There has been considerable discussion in Australia leading up to and since 26 Nov 03 concerning exactly what reports will be accepted by the ACA as demonstrating compliance with AS/NZS 60950:2000. The way the Australian legislation/regulations are constructed the test report must: a) be to AS/NZS 60950:2000; and b) be from an RTA (ACA Recognised Testing Authority). As such, the report must clearly state compliance with AS/NZS 60950:2000 (i.e. a CB report to IEC 60950:1999 + Australian National Differences would not be acceptable because they do not directly state compliance with AS/NZS 60950:2000). In addition, many CB labs are not RTAs. Earlier in the year we thought an equivalent report to AS/NZS 60950:2000 may be acceptable. As can be seen by the above, this is now not the case. For further advice see Stanimore's web site 'News' page or contact me off-line. Best regards, Kevin Richardson Stanimore Pty Limited Compliance Solutions for Technology (Legislation/Regulations/Standards/Australian Agent Services) Ph: 02-4329-4070 (Int'l: +61-2-4329-4070) Fax: 02-4328-5639 (Int'l: +61-2-4328-5639) Mobile: 04-1224-1620 (Int'l: +61-4-1224-1620) Email: [email protected] URL: www.stanimore.com This material (this message and the information contained in all attachments to this message) is confidential and/or privileged information and is intended only for the addressee/s named above. Any unauthorised dissemination, copying, use of or reliance upon this material by persons or entities other than the addressee/s named above is prohibited. If you receive this material in error, please notify Stanimore Pty Limited and destroy all copies (electronic and hardcopy) of this message and all attachments immediately. This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
