Specifications

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AS/CA S002:2010 COPYRIGHT
OCTOBER 2010
1 INTERPRETATIVE GUIDELINES
1.1 Categories of requirements
This Standard contains mandatory requirements as well as provisions
that are recommendatory only. Mandatory requirements are
designated by the words ‘shall’ or ‘shall not’.
Clauses referring to STS CE identify requirements that are mandatory
only for Customer Equipment (CE) interfaced to a Standard
Telephone Service (STS) as defined by the Telecommunications
(Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.
All other provisions are voluntary.
1.2 Compliance statements
Compliance statements, in italics, suggest methodologies for
demonstrating CE’s compliance with the requirements.
1.3 Definitions, expressions and terms
If there is any conflict between the definitions used in this Standard
and the definitions used in the Telecommunications Act 1997, the
definitions in the Act take precedence.
1.4 Notes
Text denoted as ‘Note’ is for guidance in interpretation and is shown
in smaller size type.
1.5 References
(a) Applicable editions (or versions) of other documents referred
to in this Standard are specified in Section 3: REFERENCES.
(b) If a document refers to another document, the other
document is a sub-referenced document.
(c) Where the edition (or version) of the sub-referenced
document is uniquely identified in the reference document,
then that edition (or version) applies.
(d) Where the edition (or version) of the sub-referenced
document is not uniquely identified in the reference
document, then the applicable edition (or version) is that
which is current at the date the reference document is
legislated under the applicable regulatory framework, or for a
non- legislated document, the date upon which the
document is published by the relevant standards organisation.
(e) A number in square brackets ‘[ ]’ refers to a document listed in
Section 3: REFERENCES.