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No. 28743
Act No. 36, 2005
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18 APRIL 2006
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ACT, 2005
SCHEDULE
No. and year of
Act
Short Title
Extent of repeal or amendment
Act No. 153 of
1993
Independent Broadcasting Authority Act, 1993
The whole
Act No. 103 of
1996
Telecommunications Act, 1996
The whole
Act No. 4 of 1999
Broadcasting Act, 1999
1. Repeal of sections 4, 29, 30, 31, 32,
33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39 and 40(1)(a), (b)
and (2).
2. Amendment of section 1—
a) by the substitution for the words
‘‘IBA Act’’ and ‘‘telecommunications’’, wherever they occur of
the words ‘‘Electronic Communications Act’’ and ‘‘electronic
communications’’ respectively;
b) by the substitution for the word
‘‘radio’’ in the definition of
‘‘broadcasting’’ of the words:
‘‘radio frequency spectrum’’;
c) by the substitution for the words
‘‘means of telecommunication’’
for the word ‘‘ electronic communications network’’;
d) by the substitution for the definition of ‘‘broadcasting service’’ of
the following definition: ‘‘broadcasting service’’ means ‘‘broadcasting service’’ as defined in the
Electronic Communications Act;
e) by the substitution for the word
‘‘a telecommunication process’’
in the definition of ‘‘broadcasting
signal distribution’’ of the word
‘‘electronic communications’’;
f) by the deletion of the following
definitions: ‘‘broadcasting signal
distribution licensee’’; ‘‘IBA
Act’’; ‘‘telecommunications’’;
g) by the insertion of the following
definitions:
‘‘Electronic Communications
Act’’ means the Electronic Communications Act, 2005;
‘‘electronic communications’’
means ‘‘electronic communications’’ as defined in the Electronic Communications Act;
‘‘electronic communications
service’’ means electronic communications service as defined in
the Electronic Communications
Act;
‘‘electronic communications
service licensee’’ means electronic communications licensee
as defined in the Electronic Communications Act;
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