114 No. 3
Electronic and Postal Communications
2010
(3) In exercising its power of
making recommendations to the Minister or
the Authority in terms paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section, the Committee
shall(a) seek
to
promote
the
development and growth of
the communications industry
in the United Republic;
(b) have due regard to the rights
to freedom of expression and
information entrenched in
Article 18 of the Constitution;
(c) promote the dissemination of a
diverse range of information,
education content and the
provision
of entertainment
which,
when
viewed
collectively, caters for all
language, cultural and other
interest groups;
(d) endeavor
to
promote
investment in, and the stability
of,
the
communications
industry;
(e) seek
to
facilitate
the
achievement of the objectives
listed in section 13 of this Act;
(f) promote
standards
that
provide adequate protection to
members of the public from
the inclusion of offensive and
harmful material in content
provided
by
content
applications service licensees;