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Broadcasting Transmission Company
PART V - CONTENTS OF PROGRAMME
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Standards and ethics
Complaints Committee
PART VI – MISCELLANEOUS
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Oath of office
Conflict of interest
Confidentiality
Reception apparatus
Exemptions
Limitation of liability
Offences
Regulations
Consequential amendments
Transitional Provisions
Commencement
ENACTED by the Parliament of Mauritius, as followsPART I – PRELIMINARY
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 2000.
2.
Interpretation
In this Act “access agreement 'means an agreement made under section 18 between the Company
and a licensee which sets out the terms and conditions upon which the Company shall
transmit broadcasting through transmission stations operated by the Company;
"Authority" means the Independent Broadcasting Authority established under section 3;
"broadcast 'means emit sound or images by means of Hertzian waves, satellite or a wired
electromagnetic system for the reception by the public (a)
otherwise than within a self contained building; and
(b)
extending to or connecting at least 2 buildings;
"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Authority;
"Company" means the company known as MultiCarrier (Mauritius) Ltd and referred to in
section 28;