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“advertisement” means any item which is broadcast in return for payment or other
valuable consideration to a broadcaster and which seeks
(a)
to sell to a listener or viewer any product or service;
(b)
to convince a listener or viewer of a belief or course of action; or
(c)
to promote or oppose a product, service, belief, course of action,
person or organization,
but which excludes partypolitical advertisements;
“assigned frequency” means the center of the frequency band assigned to a
broadcasting service;
“Authority” means Lesotho Telecommunications Authority established by section 4 of
the Act;
“broadcasting service” means a single, defined service which consists in the
broadcasting of programming to the public or sections of the public or to the subscribers
to such service;
“children” means persons under the age of 18 years or other legally protected persons;
“coverage area” means the areas identified and designated as areas to which a licensee
shall provide service;
“licensee” means a person holding a sound or television broadcasting licence issued by
the Authority;
“partypolitical broadcast” means a programme which is
(a)
broadcast free of charge; and
(b)
which is intended or calculated to advance the interests, beliefs or
objects of a political party;
“partypolitical advertisement” means an item which is
(a)
broadcast in return for payment or other valuable consi