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Types of Cabling Work

There are three types of cabling work defined in the Telecommunications Cabling Provider Rules 2000 - Open, Restricted and Lift. These are outlined below:

Open cabling work is:

Any type of cabling work (including aerial or underground cabling work on private or public property) in which the customer cabling that is used terminates directly at the network boundary on a socket, a network termination device or a distributor.

Examples of distributors

0. Building Distributor (formerly known as a Main Distribution Frame)
0. Campus Distributor.

The full list of Open conditions is available in the Telecommunications Cabling Provider Rules 2000.

Restricted cabling work is:

Restricted cabling work covers cabling work defined wholly in Scenario A or Scenario B below:

Scenario A (Typical domestic and small business premises):

• Termination is directly on a socket or network termination device.
• Where the electrical supply voltage does not exceed typical domestic single-phase and three-phase electrical supply voltages.
• Aerial and underground cabling work must be on private property.
• Aerial cabling must not use electricity distribution poles.

Scenario B (Work behind a compliant device in multi-storey or campus-style premises):

• Cabling work behind a compliant device (eg. Alarm panel, modem, or customer switching system) where the compliant device is labelled in accordance with the Telecommunications Labelling (Customer Equipment and Customer Cabling) Notice 2001.

Restricted work DOES NOT include:

• The cabling work between the compliant device and a distributor or a patch panel; or
• Situations where the reticulated electrical power in the building is at a voltage which exceeds 240 V a.c for single-phase and 415 V a.c for three-phase; or
• Cabling work that required sharing cable sheaths with other services.

Examples of cabling work for Scenario B only include:

• Cabling work connected behind an alarm panel or modem;
• Cabling work connected directly behind a Customer Switching System (but not via a "jumperable" distributor or frame); and
• Cabling work for additional phone points (other than the first point) in a commercial, high-rise or multi-storey building, if the service involved is a standard telephone service.

The full list of Restricted conditions is available in the Telecommunications Cabling Provider Rules 2000.

Lift cabling work is:

Cabling in relation to lift installations.

The full set of conditions is available in the Telecommunications Cabling Provider Rules 2000.