Remaking of sunsetting instrument without amendments – Australian Communications and Media Authority
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) remade the Telecommunications Labelling (Customer Equipment and Customer Cabling) Notice 2001 and associated standards on 17 February 2015. The regulations seek to manage both consumer (health and safety, and access to the emergency call service) and industry (network integrity) risks by requiring:
- customer equipment and customer cabling to comply with applicable ACMA standards;
- customer equipment and customer cabling to bear the appropriate compliance label prior to supply to the market; and
- suppliers of customer equipment and customer cabling to meet certain record-keeping obligations on the compliance of the equipment or cabling with applicable ACMA standards.
In line with the Australian Government best practice regulation requirements for sunsetting legislative instruments, the ACMA has assessed the operation of the instrument and associated standards in consultation with affected stakeholders and has certified that the instrument and standards are operating efficiently and effectively. Therefore the Office of Best Practice Regulation notes that a Regulation Impact Statement is not required for these regulations to be remade. The remaking of the instruments did not result in compliance cost changes.
