in writing confirming whether or not a proposal submitted in terms of subsection (2)
is approved, and where the Authority has not so responded within such period, the
proposal shall be deemed to have been approved by the Authority.
(4) No amended or substituted tariff shal l come into oper ation before the expiry o f
seven days following its approval by the Aut hority or the expiry of twenty-one days
following the submission of a proposal in terms of
subsection (2) to which no
response has been received.
(5) A licensee to whom this section applies shall publish his tariff by—
(a)
making it available for inspection at his principal places of business
during normal business hours; and
(b)
promptly sending the relevant parts of it
at the request of any
consumer of his services.
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Exemption from liability for Authority
No liability shall attach to the Authority or to any empl oyee of the Authority or the
Board or to a member of the Board or any committee of the Board for any loss o r
damage sustained by any person as a result of the bona fide exercise or performance
of any function which by or in terms of this Act is conferred or imposed upon the
Authority or the Board.
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Regulatory powers of the Minister
(1) The Minister may, by regulation, order or notice, pr escribe matters that, by this
Act, are required or permitted to be prescr ibed or that in the opinion of the Ministe r
are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this
Act.
(2) Without derogating from the generality of subsection (1), regulations, orders o r
notices made in terms of subsection (1) may provide for—
(a)
the form, manner and period in which applications for licenses shall be
made;
(b)
the form, manner and period in which complaints against licensees
shall be dealt with;
(c)
the amount of the annual levy payable in terms of section thirty-two;
(d)
the manner in which monies held in the Broadcasting Fund
established by section twenty-nine may be invested;
(e)
any further conditions to which any class of licence shall be subject;
(f)
further categories of broadcasting licences;
(g)
the fees to be paid for licences and the manner of their payment;
(h)
the prohibition, restriction or control of the importation, purchase an d
sale of any apparatus capable of causing harmful interference;
(h1)
the registration with the broadcasting compa ny of dealers as defined
in that section and the information to be supplied to the broadcasting company in
connection with applications for registrations;
[Paragraph (h1) inserted by s.10(e) of Act 29/2001 and further substituted by Act
6/2003 with effect from the 19th September, 2003.]
(h2)
the keeping of books, records and documents, the furnishing of returns
and the supply of information to the Zimb abwe Broadcasting Corporation relating to
dealings in receivers;
[Paragraph (h2) inserted by s. 10(e) of Act 29/2001 and further substituted by Act
6/2003 with effect from the 19th September, 2003.]
(h3)
the collection and transmission to the Zimbabwe Broadcasting
Corporation of the licence fees referred to in subsection (2) of section thirty-eight B;
[Paragraph (h3) inserted by s.10(e) of Act 29/2001 and further substituted by Act
6/2003 with effect from the 19th September, 2003.]
(h4)
prohibiting the delivery of a receiver by a
dealer referred to in
paragraph (h1) in pursuance of the sale, exchange, hire or repair of the receiver to a
person who is not authorised by a licence referred to in subsection
(2) of
section thirty-eight B to possess the receiver;