Two cabling legislative instruments made by the ACMA are due to ‘sunset’ (repeal automatically) on 1 October 2015. The ACMA is seeking public comment on the proposed changes.

These instruments are:

Telecommunications Cabling Provider Rules 2000
Accreditation Procedures for Cabling Provider Registrars.

The ACMA has formed the preliminary view that these two cabling instruments are operating effectively and continue to form a necessary part of the cabling legislative framework. As such, the ACMA proposes to remake each of them without any substantive changes prior to the sunset date.

In the process of remaking these instruments, the ACMA proposes to use the opportunity to also rationalise the overall number of instruments associated with customer cabling.

To achieve this, it is proposed that the two instruments mentioned above be consolidated with a third customer cabling instrument—the Telecommunications Cabling Provider Rules 2000 – Arrangements for Operation of the Registration System (No. 3) (2012) (the Arrangements Instrument).

The effect of the proposed change will be that three customer cabling instruments will be consolidated into a new single instrument, without any substantive change to the regulatory arrangements. The three ‘old’ instruments will then be repealed and replaced by the new consolidated instrument.

For more information on the proposed changes including a copy of the draft new instrument and consultation paper, please visit the following page on the ACMA website.

Submissions

The ACMA welcomes submissions on the consultation paper and draft instrument. Interested parties are invited to comment on the proposed changes presented for public comment and to also identify any additional matters that may require clarification or amendment. Industry participants, consumer bodies and members of the public are invited to make a submission by close of business, Friday 22 August 2014.

Submissions should identify:

The name of the party making the submission
The organisation represented (if applicable)
Contact details, including telephone, postal address and email address.

Submissions can be sent by email to amend.cabling@acma.gov.au