Act No. 4, 1999
BROADCASTING ACT, 1999
SCHEDULE
LAWS AMENDED OR REPEALED
No. and year of
law
Act No. 73 of
1976
Act No. 153 of
1993
Short title
Broadcasting Act, 1976
Independent Broadcasting Act,
1993
Extent of amendment or
repeal
The repeal of the whole.
In this Act, unless the context
otherwise indicates,
broadcasting, broadcasting
signal distribution, broadcasting
service: encryption, private
broadcasting service, public
broadcasting service,
community, broadcasting
services frequency bands, have
the meaning assigned thereto in
section 1 of the Broadcasting
Act of 1998.
1. Amendment of section 1 by
the insertion of the following
definitions:
(a) " 'low power sound
broadcasting service'
means a community,
Private or public sound
broadcasting service which
radiates power not
exceeding one watt;";
(b) " 'National Revenue
Fund' means the Fund
established by section 213
of the Constitution;";
(c) " 'financial interest'
means interest that may not
have voting rights attached
to it but which gives the
person or entity a financial
interest directly via shares
or indirectly via an
agreement giving it the
power to have control of
the licensee or effective say
over the affairs of the
licensee.".
2. Amendment of section 1 by
the substitution for the
definition of "election period''
of the following definition:
" 'election period' means the
period commencing with the
date on which the election day
is proclaimed and ending on the
day immediately following