(2)
The Complaints Committee shall consist of (a)
a Chairperson, who shall be a law practitioner of not less than 1O years'
standing; and
(b)
6 persons who shall not be members of the Authority.
(3)
The Chairperson and members of the Complaints Committee shall be appointed by
the Authority on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.
(4)
Subject to subsections (5) and (6), the Complaints Committee shall consider and
adjudicate on any complaint of -
(5)
(6)
(a)
failure or likelihood of failure to comply with the code of ethics specified in
section 29(4) or the code of advertising practice specified in section 29(5);
(b)
unjust or unfair treatment or likelihood of unjust of unfair treatment in a
broadcast programme;
(c)
unwarranted infringement or likelihood of unwarranted infringement of
privacy in, or in connection with, the obtaining of material included in a
broadcast programme.
No complaint shall be considered unless it –
(a)
is made in writing by a person who identifies himself,
(b)
emanates, in the case of a complaint under subsection (4)(b) or (c), from the
person affected or his duly authorised agent;
(c)
is received by the Complaints Committee within 6 months from the date the
relevant programme was broadcast;
(d)
is made, where the Person affected has passed away, within 6 months from
the date Of the death of that person.
A complaint shall not be considered where it(a)
is or is likely to be, the subject of an action before a court of law;
(b)
appears to be frivolous or vexatious.
(7)
When considering a complaint under subsection (4), the Complaints Committee
shall afford a hearing to every interested person.
(8)
A hearing may, at the discretion of the Complaints Committee, be held in private.
(9)
The Complaints Committee may, for the purposes of a hearing
(7) -
under subsection