Remaking of sunsetting instrument without amendments – Australian Communications and Media Authority
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) remade the Telecommunications Disability Standard (Requirements for Customer Equipment for use with Standard Telephone Service – features for special needs of persons with disabilities – AS/ACIF S040 2002 on 17 February 2015. The Standard applies to equipment for use with the Standard Telephone Service that have features designed to cater to the special needs of people with disabilities. The Standard prescribes requirements, and where appropriate recommends design features, which remove barriers to access for people with disabilities. In line with the Australian Government best practice regulation requirements for sunsetting legislative instruments, the ACMA has assessed the operation of the instrument in consultation with affected stakeholders and has certified that the instrument is operating efficiently and effectively. Therefore the Office of Best Practice Regulation notes that a Regulation Impact Statement is not required for the regulation to be remade. As the instrument was remade without amendments there are no compliance cost changes.
