(3) A licence for a broadc asting service specified in paragraphs (g) to (j) o f
subsection (2) of section seven, shall be valid for a period of two years.
[substituted by Act 6/2003 with effect from the 19th September, 2003.]
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Register of licences
(1) The Authority shall maintain or cause to be maintained a register of licences in
which shall be recorded, in relation to each licence—
(a)
the name of the licensee; and
(b)
any terms and conditions subject to which the licence was issued; and
(c)
any renewal, amendment, suspension or cancellation of the licence.
(2) The register kept in terms of s ubsection (1) shall be open for inspection by
members of the public at all reasonable ti mes at the offices of the Authority on
payment of the prescribed fee.
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Renewal of licence
(1) Subject to this Act, the holder of a licence may renew it before it expires.
(2) An application for the renewal of a li cence shall be submitted to the Authority in
the form and manner and within the peri od prescribed, and be accompanied by the
prescribed fee.
(3) Subsections (3),(4),(9),(10) and (11) of section ten shall, mutatis mutandis, apply
to an application to renew the licence.
[substituted by Act 6/2003 with effect from the 19th September, 2003.]
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Amendment of licence
(1) Subject to this section, the Authorit y may at any time amend a licence or any
term or condition of a licence—
(a)
to correct any error in the licence; or
(b)
for any reasons connected with
regulating the technical
administration, technical ope ration or general efficien cy of telephony, telegraphy,
posts, wireless broadcasting or television, or connected with the in terests of defence,
public safety, public order, the economic inte rests of the State, public morality o r
public health; or
(c)
if the licensee requests an amendment; or
(d )
if the Authority considers the amendment n ecessary to reflect the true
nature of the service, system or business which the licensee is conducting.
(2) Before amending a licence in terms
of subsection (1), otherwise than at the
request of the licensee, the Authority to notify the licens ee in writing of the nature of
the amendment it proposes to make and of its reasons for wishing to make the
amendment, and shall give the licensee thir ty days to make representations in the
matter.
(3) Where a licensee requests an amendment of its licence and the Authority—
(a)
refuses the request, it shall, within ten days after reaching its decision,
notify the licensee in writing of its decision and of its reasons for it;
(b)
proposes to amend the licence as requested, it shall afford the Minister
an opportunity to make representati
ons to it concerning the proposal, and
subsections (9) and (11) of section ten shall apply to such proposal as if it were a
proposal to issue a licence.
[substituted by Act 6/2003 with effect from the 19th September, 2003.]
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Suspension and cancellation of licences
(1) Subject to this section, the Authority , on its own initiative or at the request of the
Minister, may suspend or cancel any licence if there is evidence that—
[amended by Act 6/2003 with effect from the 19th September, 2003.]
(a)
the licence was issued in error or through fraud or the
misrepresentation or non-disclosure of a material fact by the licensee; or
(b)
the licensee has contravened any provision of this Act that is
applicable to him; or
(c)
the licensee misrepresents the s ervice or system he offers to the
public; or