BROADCASTING AUTHORITY ORDINANCE
Title
BROADCASTING AUTHORITY ORDINANCE
Description
LAWS OF HONG KONG
BROADCASTING AUTHORITY ORDINANCE
CHAPTER 391
CHAPTER 391
BROADCASTING AUTHORITY ORDINANCE
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section Page
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1 Short title ...........................3
2. Interpretation .......................3
PART II
ESTABLISHMENT AND PROCEDURES OF THE BROADCASTING
AUTHORITY
3. Establishment of the Broadcasting Authority 4
4. Membership of the Authority ................... ....................................................... 4
5. Chairman and vice-chairman ........... 5
6. Meetings .............................5
7. Disclosure of member's interest ...... 6
8. Transaction of business by circulation of papers 6
PART III
FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY
9. Functions and powers of the Authority .6
10. Complaints Committee .................8
11. Consideration of complaints by the Complaints Committee 9
12. Advisory committees, etc . ...........10
13. Principal executive officer ..........10
14. Delegation of powers, etc. to principal executive officer ...... 10
15. Annual report .......................11
16. Indemnity ...... ................................... 11
PART IV
SOUND BROADCASTING LICENCES
17. Application .........................11
18. Governor in Council may issue directions to Authority 11
Section Page
19. Codes of Practice ............................................................. 12
20. Directions by the Authority ......... 12
21. Inquiry by Authority ................ 12
22. Investigation of licensee's business 13
23. Confidential material to be safeguarded 14
24. Authority may impose financial penalties 15
25. Recovery of financial penalty .......is
26. Appeal to the Governor in Council ...16
27. Savings .................................................... 16
CHAPTER 391
BROADCASTING AUTHORITY
To provide for the establishment and functions of a Broadcasting Authority and for
matters incidental thereto or connected therewith.
[September 1987] L.N. 277 of 1987
Originally 49 of 1987 R. Ed. 1987,52 of 1989
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Broadcasting Authority Ordinance.
2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-
'Authority' means the Broadcasting Authority established under section 3;
'broadcasting' means
(a)in relation to sound broadcasting, transmitting sound (otherwise
than as part of a television broadcast) for general reception by means
of radio waves;
(b)in relation to the Television Ordinance (Cap. 52), transmitting
wireless television; (Replaced 52 of1989 s.2)
'Code of Practice' means
(a)in relation to sound broadcasting, a Code of Practice issued by the
Authority under section 19;
(b)in relation to television broadcasting, a Code of Practice issued by
the Authority under section 20 or 28 of the Television Ordinance
(Cap. 52); (Replaced 52 of 1989 s. 2)
'Complaints Committee' and 'Committee' mean the Complaints Committee
appointed under section 10;
'licence' means
(a)in relation to sound broadcasting, a licence granted under section
13C of the Telecommunication Ordinance (Cap. 106);
(b)in relation to the Television Ordinance (Cap. 52), a licence granted
under section 8 of that Ordinance; (Replaced 52 of 1989s.2)
'licensee' means a company granted any such licence; (Replaced 52 of 1989
s.2)
'principal executive officer' means the principal executive officer of the
Authority referred to in section 13.
PART II
ESTABLISHMENT AND PROCEDURES OF THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY
3. Establishment of the Broadcasting Authority
There is hereby established a Broadcasting Authority which shall be a
body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and in that name
may sue and be sued.
4. Membership of the Authority
(1) The Authority shall consist of-
(a) 3 public officers; and
(b)not less than 6 nor more than 9 persons ordinarily resident in
Hong Kong and who have been so resident for at least 7 years,
not being public officers,
appointed by the Governor.
(2) Subject to subsections (3), (4), (5) and (6), a member of the Authority
other than a public officer shall hold office for such period, not exceeding
3 years from the date of his appointment, as is specified by the Governor and
shall be eligible for reappointment.
(3) A member of the Authority may at any time, by notice in writing to
the Governor, resign from the Authority.
(4) If any member of the Authority-
(a)has been absent from the meetings of the Authority without its
permission for a period longer than 3 months;
(b)becomes bankrupt or enters into a composition or scheme of
arrangement with his creditors, within the meaning of the
Bankruptcy Ordinance (Cap. 6);
(c) becomes incapacitated by physical or mental illness;
(d) ceases to be ordinarily resident in Hong Kong; or
(e)is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a
member of the Authority,
the Governor may by notice in writing declare his office as a member of the
Authority to be vacant.
(5) Where any member of the Authority resigns or the office of any
member otherwise becomes vacant before the expiry of his period of
appointment, the Governor may appoint another person to hold office until the
expiry of the period for which such member was originally appointed.
(6) Where any member of the Authority is precluded by temporary
absence or incapacity from exercising the functions of a member for any period,
the Governor may appoint another person to hold office in place of such
member during that period.
(7) A member appointed under subsection (5) or (6) shall have the same
rights, powers, duties and liabilities as if he had been appointed under sub-
section (1).
(8) For the purposes of this section a person shall be regarded as
ordinarily resident in Hong Kong if he is resident in Hong Kong for not less
than-
(a) 180 days in any calendar year; or
(b) 300 days in any 2 consecutive calendar years.
5. Chairman and vice-chairman
(1) The Governor shall appoint-
(a)a member of the Authority other than a member who is a public
officer to be the chairman of the Authority; and
(b)a member of the Authority to be the vice-chairman of the
Authority,
and may at any time revoke any such appointment.
(2) A member appointed under subsection (1) may at any time, by notice
in writing to the Governor, resign from the office of chairman or vice-chairman.
6. Meetings
(1) Meetings of the Authority shall, subject to this section, be held at such
times and places as the chairman, or in his absence the vice-chairman, may
appoint.
(2) At any meeting of the Authority-
(a) 7 members shall form a quorum;
(b)the chairman or, if he is absent or vacates the chair, the
vice-chairman, or, if he also is absent or vacates the chair, such
member as the members present shall appoint, shall preside;
(c)every question shall be determined by a majority of votes of the
members present and voting thereon;
(d)in the event of an equality of votes the member presiding shall
have a casting vote in addition to his original vote.
(3) The Authority may make standing orders, not inconsistent with this
Ordinance, for the purposes of regulating-
(a) the number of meetings to be held by the Authority in any year; and
(b) the procedures to be followed at such meetings.
7. Disclosure of member's interest
If a member of the Authority, or of any committee of the Authority has
(a) a pecuniary interest, whether direct or indirect; or
(b)a personal interest greater than that which he has as a member of the
general public,
in any matter under discussion at a meeting of the Authority or committee, the
following provisions shall apply
(i) the member shall disclose the nature of his interest at the meeting;
(ii) the disclosure shall be recorded in the minutes;
(iii) where the disclosure is made by the member presiding, he shall vacate
the chair during the discussion;
(iv) the member (including one who has vacated the chair under
paragraph (iii) shall, if so required by the member presiding,
withdraw from the meeting during the discussion and shall not in
any case, except as otherwise determined by the member presiding,
vote on any resolution concerning the matter or be counted for the
purpose of establishing the existence of a quorum.
8. Transaction of business by circulation of papers
The Authority may transact any of its business by circulation of papers, and a
resolution in writing which is approved in writing by a majority of the members of
the Authority shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of
the Authority.
PART III
FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE BROADCASTING
AUTHORITY
9. Functions and powers of the Authority
(1) The Authority shall have the following functions-
(a)to administer the provisions of the Television Ordinance (Cap. 52)
and in particular and without limiting the generality of the foregoing
to exercise the functions assigned to it by or under that Ordinance,
which include
(i) the submission of recommendations to the Governor in Council
concerning applications for licences under section 8 of that
Ordinance;
(ii) the submission of recommendations to the Governor in Council
concerning the renewal or non-renewal of licences and the
terms and conditions of renewal, under section 13 of that
Ordinance;
(iii)the conduct of inquiries and submission of recommendations to
the Governor in Council concerning the revocation of licences
under sections 14 and 15 of that Ordinance;
(iv)the issue of Codes of Practice under section 20 of that
Ordinance relating to technical standards;
(v)the issue of Codes of Practice under section 28 of that
Ordinance relating to programme and advertising standards;
(vi) the issue of directions to licensees under section 34 of that
Ordinance;
(vii)the issue of orders to licensees in accordance with section 35 of
that Ordinance prohibiting the broadcasting of any programme
or part thereof or class of material;
(viii) the issue of orders to licensees in accordance with section 36 of
that Ordinance prohibiting the broadcasting of any material
rendered, passed or selected by a particular person;
(ix) consultation with licensees under section 36A of that Ordinance
in respect of the issue of orders under section 35(1) or 36
thereof,
(x) the imposition of financial penalties on licensees in accordance
with section 37 of that Ordinance;
(xi) requiring licensees to supply information in accordance with
section 40 of that Ordinance, and to submit broadcast material
under section 33 thereof,
(aa) to administer the provisions of Part IIIA of the Telecom
munication Ordinance (Cap. 106) and, in particular and without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, to exercise the functions
assigned to it by or under that Ordinance, which include
(i) the submission under section 13C of that Ordinance of
recommendations to the Governor in Council concerning
applications for licences under section 13B of that Ordinance;
(ii)the submission under section 13E of that Ordinance of
recommendations to the Governor in Council concerning the
renewal or non-renewal of licences and the terms and conditions
of renewal under that section; (Added 52 of 1989s.3)
(b)to secure proper standards of television and sound broadcasting
with regard to both programme content and technical per-
formance of broadcasts; (Amended 52 of 1989 s. 3)
(c)to submit proposals and recommendations to the Governor in
Council with respect to technical, programme and advertising
standards of television and sound broadcasting in order to assist
the Governor in Council in the making and amendment of
regulations under the Television Ordinance (Cap. 52) or under
Part IIIA of the Telecommunication Ordinance (Cap. 106)
governing such standards; (Amended 52 of 1989 s. 3)
(d)to conduct inquiries into such matters as may be referred to it by
the Governor in Council and to report the conclusions of such
inquiries to the Governor in Council;
(e)such other functions as are assigned to it under this or any other
Ordinance.
(2) The Authority shall have, in addition to the powers expressly or
impliedly conferred on it by or pursuant to this Ordinance, the Television
Ordinance (Cap. 52) or Part IIIA of the Telecommunication Ordinance (Cap.
106) or any other Ordinance, such incidental powers as are reasonably
necessary for the performance of its functions. (Amended52 of 1989s.3)
10. Complaints Committee
(1) The Authority shall appoint a Complaints Committee consisting of
not less than 5 members of the Authority.
(2) The Committee may appoint such other persons to be members of the
Committee as it deems fit.
(3) A member of the Committee appointed under subsection (2)--
(a)may be appointed to advise generally or on any particular
matter; and
(b) shall not have a vote on matters before the Committee.
(4) The Committee shall appoint one of its members appointed under
subsection (1) to be its chairman.
(5) A member of the Committee-
(a)shall, subject to paragraph (b) and to subsection (6), hold office
for such period as the Authority or, in the case of a member
appointed under subsection (2), the Committee, may determine;
and
(b)may resign from the Committee at any time by notice in writing
addressed to the Authority or, in the case of a member appointed
under subsection (2), to the chairman of the Committee.
(6) A member of the Committee appointed under subsection (1) shall
cease to hold office if he ceases to be a member of the Authority.
(7) Subject to this section and to section 11, the Committee shall
determine its own procedures.
11. Consideration of complaints by
the Complaints Committee
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), where a person makes a complaint
to the Authority that a licensee or any other person has contravened-
(a)this Ordinance, the Television Ordinance (Cap. 52) or Part IIIA
of the Telecommunication Ordinance (Cap. 106); (Replaced 52
of 1989 s. 4)
(b) the terms or conditions of a licence; or
(c) a Code of Practice,
the Authority shall refer the complaint to the Complaints Committee.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to a complaint concerning any matter
referred to in section 24, 25 or 25A of the Television Ordinance (Cap. 52) or
to a complaint concerning any script or sound recording supplied for sound
broadcasting by the Government and broadcast by a licensee but any such
complaint shall be referred by the Authority to the Government. (Amended
52 of 1989 s. 4)
(3) The Authority may refuse to refer to the Committee a complaint
that-
(a) is, in the opinion of the Authority, trivial or frivolous; or
(b) is not made in writing.
(4) The Committee, upon receipt of a complaint referred to it under
subsection (1), shall-
(a)give the licensee or other person the subject of the complaint a
reasonable opportunity to make representations both orally and
in writing;
(b)consider any representations made, whether orally or in writing,
by or on behalf of the complainant and the licensee or other
person the subject of the complaint;
(c)consider any evidence received by it, whether tendered on behalf
of the complainant or otherwise, which it considers relevant to
the complaint; and
(d)make recommendations concerning the complaint to the
Authority.
(5) If a complaint referred to the Committee under subsection (1)
concerns a technical requirement referred to in section 21 of the Television
Ordinance (Cap. 52) or imposed pursuant to a term or condition of a licence
granted under section 13C of the Telecommunication Ordinance (Cap. 106)
the Committee shall, prior to making any recommendation thereon, consult
the Telecommunications Authority appointed under section 5 of the
Telecommunication Ordinance (Cap. 106).(Amended 52 of 1989 s. 4)
(6) The Committee may receive such evidence as it thinks fit and neither the
provisions of the Evidence Ordinance (Cap. 8) nor any other rule of law relating to
the admissibility of evidence shall apply in proceedings before the Committee.
(7) For the purposes of this section the Committee shall have and may exercise
any of the powers vested in the Authority by section 33(1) and (IA), and section 45,
of the Television Ordinance (Cap. 52), by section 22 of this Ordinance or by any
term or condition of a licence granted under section 13C of the Telecommunication
Ordinance (Cap. 106) requiring a licensee to supply to the Authority on demand any
material, including the script thereof, intended for broadcasting. (Amended 52 of
1989 s. 4)
12. Advisory committees, etc.
(1) Without prejudice to section 10, the Authority may appoint such
committees and other persons as it thinks fit to advise either generally or in respect
of any particular matter or aspect concerning its functions.
(2) A committee appointed under subsection (1) may include persons who are
not members of the Authority.
13. Principal executive officer
(1) The Authority shall discharge its functions through a principal executive
officer who shall be the Commissioner for Television and Entertainment Licensing.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) the principal executive officer shall do all
acts and things necessary for implementing the decisions of the Authority.
(3) The principal executive officer (or, with the consent of the chairman of the
Authority, his representative) shall, notwithstanding that he is not a member
thereof, attend the meetings of the Authority, tender advice and report on the
implementation of its decisions.
(4) The principal executive officer or his representative may attend any meeting
of the Complaints Committee or any other committee appointed by the Authority.
14. Delegation of powers, etc. to principal executive officer
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Authority may by resolution, with or without
restrictions or conditions as it sees fit, delegate in writing to the
principal executive officer any of its powers and functions.
(2) The Authority shall not delegate to the principal executive officer any of its
powers or functions under
(a)this section or section 10, 12 15, 19, 20, or 24; (Replaced 52 of
1989s.5)
(aa) section 13C or 13E of the Telecommunication Ordinance (Cap.106);or
(Added 52of 1989s.5)
(b)section 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 28, 35, 36, 36A or 37 of the Television
Ordinance (Cap. 52).
15. Annual report
(1) The Authority shall submit to the Governor, at least once in each year, a
report on the progress of television and sound broadcasting by licensees in Hong
Kong, which report shall be accompanied by any Codes of Practice then in use.
(Amended 52 of 1989 s. 6)
(2) Every report under subsection (1), together with any accompanying Codes
of Practice, shall be tabled in the Legislative Council.
16. Indemnity
No liability shall be incurred by
(a) the Authority;
(b) any member of the Authority;
(c) any member of any committee of the Authority; or
(d) any public officer,
as a result of any thing done or omitted to be done by the Authority or such
member or officer in good faith in the exercise or purported exercise of powers
conferred or functions imposed by or under this Ordinance, the Television
Ordinance (Cap. 52), Part IIIA of the Telecommunication Ordinance
(Cap. 106) or any other Ordinance. (Amended52 of 1989s. 7)
PART IV
SOUND BROADCASTING LICENCES
17. Application
This Part applies only in respect of sound broadcasting.
18. Governor in Council may issue directions to Authority
The Governor in Council may from time to time, in addition to regulations made
under section 130 of the Telecommunication Ordinance (Cap. 106), issue directions
not inconsistent with those regulations to the Authority regarding the standards of
programmes or advertisements broadcast by a licensee, including the content and
balance of such programmes, and in such directions may require the Authority to
direct a licensee under section 20 to comply with specified standards.
19. Codes of Practice
(1) The Authority may from time to time-
(a)issue Codes of Practice relating to standards of programmes and
advertisements broadcast by a licensee; and
(b) on the advice of the Telecommunications Authority, issue Codes of
Practice providing for the technical requirements with which a
licensee shall comply in broadcasting.
(2) Codes of Practice issued under this section shall not be inconsistent
with standards established by regulations made under section 13O of the
Telecommunication Ordinance (Cap. 106.)
20. Directions by the Authority
The Authority may issue directionsin writing to a licensee requiring
it to take such action with regard to the standards of programmes or
advertisements, including the time of their broadcasting and the content
or balance of any programme, or with regard to the technical standars of
broadcasts, as the Authority considers necessary in order for the licensee
to comply with the provisions of any direction issued by the Governor in
Council under seciton 18, any regulations made under section 13O of the
Telecommunication Ordinance (Cap. 106), and Code of Practice or any term or
condition of its licence and the licensee shall give effect to such direction.
21. Inquiry by Authority
(1) Where he considers that there may be cause for revoking a licence the
Govnernor in Council may direct the Authority to conduct an inquiry for the
purpose of making recommendations concerning the revocation of the licence
specified in the direction.
(2) In conducing an inquiry under this section the Authority may consider
information and matter received from any source.
(3) The following provisions shall apply in relation to the making of
recommendations by the Authority under this section
(a) the Authority shall not recommend the revocations of a licence unless-
(i) it has given to the licensee concerned notice in writing stating
that the Authority is considerig the making of such a recommendation
and the grounds upon which such a recommendation is being considered;
and
(ii) it has given the licensee concerned the opportunity of making
representations or objections concerning the recommendation under
consideration; and
(b)the Authority shall consider any representation or objection
made to it by the licensee concerning the recommendation under
consideration and such further information or matter as it
may consider necessary having regard to such representations or
objections.
(4) The notice referred to in subsection (3) shall, in addition to stating the
matters required by that subsection, state that representations and objections
concerning the recommendation under consideration may be made to the
Authority (either orally or in writing or both) during such period (being a
period of not less than 28 days beginning on the date of receipt by the licensee
of the notice) as shall be specified in the notice.
(5) The Authority shall thereafter make recommendations to the
Governor in Council.
22. Investigation of licensee's business
(1) If the Authority is satisfied that it is necessary for the proper
performance of any of its functions, it may in writing authorize any person to
do all or any of the following at all reasonable times-
(a)require any person whom he reasonably believes to be employed
in connection with the business of a company to which this
section applies to produce for examination any book, record or
other document which relates to such business and which is in his
possession or under his control;
(b)examine and, if he thinks fit, take copies of, or copies of any entry
in, any book, record or other document so produced;
(c)remove any such book, record or other document for further
examination; and
(d)require any director or servant of such company to give him such
explanation or further particulars in respect of a book, record or
other document produced in compliance with a requirement
under paragraph (a) as he shall specify.
(2) Where any information or matter relevant to an investigation under
this section is recorded otherwise than in a legible form, the powers conferred
by subsection (1) to require the production of any book, record or other
document shall include power to require the production of a reproduction of
the recording of any such information or matter or of a relevant part of it in a
legible form.
(3) A magistrate may, if satisfied by information on oath laid by the
chairman or vice-chairman of the Authority or by the principal executive
officer-
(a)that it is reasonably necessary for the proper performance of the
functions of the Authority that entry be obtained to any building
or other premises in which a company to which this section
applies carries on business; and
(b)that permission to enter such building or premises has been
refused or that entry is likely to be refused,
issue a warrant authorizing a person authorized under subsection (1) to enter
such building or premises, and such person may exercise therein the powers
specified in subsection (1).
(4) A person who is a director or a servant of a company to which this
section applies shall assist and shall not obstruct a person exercising a power
under this section in respect of such company.
(5) Any book, record or other document removed under this section may
be retained for any period not exceeding the period of 6 months beginning on
the day of its removal or, where the book, record or other document is required
in connection with any criminal proceedings, for such longer period as may be
necessary for the purposes of those proceedings.
(6) Where a person removes a book, record or other document under this
section he shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, give a receipt for it, and he
shall, permit any person who would be entitled to inspect it but for such
removal to inspect the document at any reasonable time and to make copies of
and take extracts from it; but any such permission shall be subject to such
reasonable conditions as to security or otherwise as the Authority may impose.
(7) Every person exercising any power under subsection (1) shall upon
request, produce for inspection evidence of his identity and of his authorization
under subsection (1).
(8) This section applies to a company that is a licensee or a subsidiary
(within the meaning of section 2 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32)) of a
licensee.
23. Confidential material to he safeguarded
(1) Subject to subsection (2)-
(a)any information which is furnished, and any book, record or
other document which is produced, by a licensee to a person
authorized under section 22(1), thereby, shall be confidential; and
(b)unless the licensee otherwise permits and except in accordance
with such permission no such information or book, record or
other document or any copy thereof shall be divulged or shown
to any person other than in confidence to members of the
Authority or any committee of the Authority, or to a public
officer acting in the performance of his duties under or for the
purposes of this Ordinance.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not be construed as prohibiting the disclosure of
information-
(a)with a view to the institution of or otherwise for the purpose of
any criminal proceedings or any investigation in connection
therewith, whether under this Ordinance or otherwise, in Hong
Kong; or
(b)in connection with civil proceedings to which the Authority is a
party.
24. Authority may impose financial penalties
(1) The Authority may, by notice in writing addressed to a licensee,
require the licensee to pay to the Authority the financial penalty specified
in such notice in any case where a financial penalty is payable under subsec-
tion (2).
(2) A financial penalty may be imposed on a licensee by the Authority
where the licensee-
(a) fails to comply with any of the terms or conditions of the licence;
(b)fails to comply with a provision of this Ordinance or Part IIIA
of the Telecommunication Ordinance (Cap. 106) or a regulation
made thereunder;
(c) fails to comply with any Code of Practice; or
(d)fails to comply with any direction issued by the Authority under
this Ordinance.
(3) A financial penalty imposed on a licensee under subsection (2) shall
not exceed-
(a)$20,000 for the first occasion on which a penalty is so imposed on
that licensee;
(b)$50,000 for the second occasion on which a penalty is so imposed
on that licensee; and
(c)$100,000 for any subsequent occasion on which a penalty is so
imposed on that licensee.
(4) No financial penalty shall be imposed under subsection (2) unless the
Authority is satisfied that the licensee has been afforded reasonable opportunity
of complying with the requirement in respect of which the penalty is sought to
be imposed.
25. Recovery of financial penalty
(1) Any financial penalty imposed by the Authority under section 24 shall
be recoverable by the Authority as a civil debt in any court of competent
jurisdiction.
(2) Any certificate in writing purporting to be made by the Authority to
the effect that a financial penalty imposed under section 24 is owing to the
Authority shall be prima facie evidence of that fact.
26. Appeal to the Governor in Council
(1) Subject to this section, a licensee aggrieved by
(a)any decision of the Authority in the exercise of any discretion vested
in it under the licence, this Ordinance, Part IIIA of the
Telecommunication Ordinance (Cap. 106) or any regulation made
thereunder; or
(b)anything contained in any Code of Practice or direction issued by
the Authority,
may within 30 days of the notificiation to him of the decision or direction of the
Authority or within 30 days of the date of issue of the Code of Practice, as the case
may be, appeal by way of petition to the Governor in Council.
(2) Except in the case of the suspension of a licence under any provision of the
licence, an appeal made under this section shall not affect the operation of the
decision, direction or Code of Practice appealed against prior to the determination of
the appeal.
(3) The Governor in Council may determine an appeal lodged under this section
by confirming, varying or reversing any decision, or direction of the Authority or by
amending any Code of Practice to the extent that it is inconsistent with the
determination.
27. Savings
(1) Any Code of Practice relating to radio advertising standards or radio
programme standards issued by the Commissioner for Television and Entertainment
Licensing prior to the commencement of this section
(a)shall be deemed for all purposes to have been issued by the
Authority under section 19; and
(b) may be amended or withdrawn by the Authority.
(2) Any reference to the Commissioner for Television and Entertainment
Licensing, the Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority or the Authority
in any Code of Practice referred to in subsection (1) shall be construed as a
reference to the Authority.
(3) In any Code of Practice referred to in subsection (1) references to 'radio' or
'radio broadcast' shall be construed as references to 'sound broadcasting' and
references to 'on radio' shall be construed as references to 'in sound broadcasts'.
(Part IV added 52 of 1989 s. 8)
L.N. 277 of 1987
Abstract
L.N. 277 of 1987
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Edition
1964
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v25
Subsequent Cap No.
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