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Application of this
Act Acts,
1977 No. 15
Broadcasting Services
1993
''dealer'' means a person who(a) carries on a trade, business or industry in which broadcasting
apparatus are assembled, manufactured, imported, bought, sold,
hired, or exchanged, or
(b) deals in motor vehicles in which broadcasting apparatus are installed;
(c) auctions broadcasting apparatus;
''inspector'' means any person appointed under section 16 to be an
inspector for the purposes of this Act;
''Minister'' means the Minister for the time being responsible for information;''licence'' means a licence issued under the provisions of this Act;
''licensed premises'' means premises in respect of which a broadcaster's
licence, dealer's licence or repairer's licence is in force;
''radio communication service'' means the transmission of writing, signs,
signal's, pictures and sounds of all descriptions of any kind, wholly or
partly by means of electromagnetic waves of frequencies between ten
kilocycles per second and three million megacycles per second;
''repair'' in relation to broadcasting apparatus includes providing maintenance
. service of any kind and fitting spare parts;
'repairer- means a person who by way of' trade. business, or industry
carries out repairs to or provides maintenance services for broadcasting
apparatus.
3.-(I) This Act shall have effect notwithstanding but without prejudice to the provisions of the Tanzania Posts and Telecommunications
Corporation Act, 1977.
(2) This Act shall apply to all persons carrying on business which
involves(a) the offering for sale, selling, letting on hire or dealing otherwise
in broadcasting apparatus;
(b) the ownership and operation of a broadcasting service.
(3) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, exempt from
the provisions of this Act(a) any business or any category of businesses involving broadcasting;
(b) any person carrying on any business or any category of such
persons.
(4) No licence under this Act shall be required or be necessary for
the carrying on of any part of its business which involves broadcasting(a) to which business the provisions of subsection (2) do not apply;
(b) which is exempt from the provision- of this Act by an order under
subsection (3);
(c) which is being carried on by any person to whom an order made
under subsection (3) applies.