time, assign the administration of this Act;
“member” means a member of the Board;
“national broadcasting s ervice” means a free-to-air co mmunity or commercial
broadcasting service whose licence area is the whole of Zimbabwe;
“newspaper” means a newspaper, journal, periodical or magazine;
“open narrowcasting se rvice” means a broadcasting service, including a diffusion
service—
(a)
which is not made available to persons on payment of any subscription
fee; and
(b)
the reception of which is limited by reason of—
(i)
being targeted to any special inte rest group or not being otherwise
intended to appeal to the general public; or
(ii)
being intended only for reception in particular locations, including
arenas or business premises; or
(iii)
being provided during a limited period or to cover a special event;
or is limited for some other reason;
and
(c)
otherwise complies with a ny classification criteria that may be
applicable to such a service in terms of subsection (2);
“operate”, in relation to—
(a)
operating as a signal c arrier, means carry or distribute signals on
behalf of any broadcasting service; and
(b)
operating a signal transmitting station, means install, work, maintain,
develop or hire any apparatus comprising the signal transmitting station;
“political party or organisation” include s any group or organisa tion whose objective
is the furtherance of the election of a person or persons to public office or the removal
of a person or persons from such office;
“Postal and Telecommunications
Authority” means the Postal an
d
Telecommunications Authority established by s ection 3 of the Postal and
Telecommunications Act [Chapter 12:05];
“public broadcaster” means the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation referred to in
section 3 of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation Act [Chapter 12:01] or any
other broadcasting entity established by la w which is wholly owned or controlled by
the State;
“railcasting” means the br oadcasting of pre-recorded programmes for reception by
passengers of any railway service;
“roadcasting” means the broadcasting of pr e-recorded programmes for reception by
passengers of any public service vehicle as defined in the Road Motor Transportation
Act [Chapter 13:15];
[amended by Act 6 of 2003 with effect from the 19th September, 2003.]
“securities”, in relation to a body corporate, means sh ares, stock, debentures, bonds
and other securities which entitle the holder of the securities to vote at meetings of, or
exercise any control over, the body corporate;
“signal carrier” means a signal transmitting station that includes the apparatus for the
transmission of a radio or television broadcasting service;
“signal transmitting station” means a radio transmitting station as defined in the
Postal and Telecommunications Act [Chapter 12:05] or ot her station which is use d
for the purpose of transmitting a broadcasting service;
“subscription broadcasting service” include s a s ubscription satellite, subscription
narrowcasting and subscription cable broadcasting service;
“subscription cable broadcas ting service” means a broadcasting service, including a
diffusion service, which—
(a)
is made available to members of the general public on payment of a
subscription fee, whether such payment is periodical or otherwise, and whether or not
such fee is charged on its ow n or forms part of a fee fo r multiple services including