76 No. 3
Electronic and Postal Communications
(c)
2010
translation of content into sign language.
(3) In making rules under this section, the Authority shall
have regard to the following (a) the extent of the benefit which is conferred by the
relevant form of assistance for disabled people;
(b) the size of the intended audience or recipients of the
content concerned;
(c) the number of persons who would be likely to benefit
from the relevant form of assistance, and the extent of
the likely benefit to them;
(d) the technical difficulty of providing the relevant form
of assistance; and
(e) the cost of providing the relevant form of assistance.
Content of a
political
nature
112.(1) Any regulation made by the Minister in relation to
the provision of content of a political nature, other than political
advertising, may(a) not prohibit content service licensees from providing
content of a political nature;
(b) regulate the provisions of content of a political nature
by Content Service Licensees in a manner which is
consistent with the fundamental objectives, directives,
principles , basic rights and duties set out in Parts II
and III of the Constitution of the United Republic.
(2) The regulation under sub-section (1) may differentiate
between different classes of Content Services Licensees and may
establish and differential standards in respect of the provision of
content of a political nature by such classes of Content Service
Licensees.
Counterversions
113.(1) A Content Service Licensee shall broadcast a
counter-version presented by any person affected by an assertion of
fact in any programme transmitted by that licensee, if the person
concerned claims that the assertion of fact is in fact false.