[Paragraph (h4) inserted by s.10(e) of Act 29/2001.]
(h5)
the notification to the Zimbabwe Br oadcasting Corporation by
listeners of changes in their place of abode or business;
[Paragraph (h5) inserted by s.10(e) of Act 29/2001 and further substituted by Act
6/2003 with effect from the 19th September, 2003.]
(h6)
the form and manner in which applications for licences in terms of
section thirty-eight B are to be made and the information to be supplied in connection
therewith;
[Paragraph (h6) inserted by s.10(e) of Act 29/2001 and further substituted by Act
6/2003 with effect from the 19th September, 2003.]
(h7)
the circumstances in which and the terms and conditions subject to
which licences in terms of section thirty-eight B shall be issued;
[Paragraphs (h7)to(H11) inserted by Act 6/ 2003with effect from the 19th September,
2003.]
(h8)
the form of licences in terms of section thirty-eight B, the terms and
conditions to be contained in the licences and the periods for which the licences shall
remain in force;
(h9)
the issue of licences in terms of section thirty-eight B without charge
authorising the possession of receivers by such persons or classes of persons or in
such institutions or classes of institutions as the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation,
after consultation with the Authority and the Minister, may specify;
(h10) the circumstances in which, and the conditions, including the payment
of a fee, subject to which, copies of licences may be obtained;
(h11) any other matter in connection with the Zimbabwe Broadcasting
Corporation or the digital convergence signal carrier comp any that, in the opinion o f
the Minister, is required to be provided for in the public interest;
(i)
such matters as the Minister may consider appropriate or necessary to
give force and effect within Zimbabwe to the pr ovisions of the International
Telecommunication Constitution.
(3) In making regulations, orders or notices the Minister may class ify dealers and
listeners and otherwise make different provision for different classes of persons.
[Subsection (3) inserted by Act 6/2003 with effect from the 19th September , 2003.]
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Savings and transitional provisions
(1) Any regulations, by-laws or notices which, immedia tely before the date o f
commencement of this Act, were in force under the Broadcasting Act [Chapter 12:01]
shall continue in force as if made in terms of this Act.
(2) Any application or purported application made before the date of commencement
of this Act for the operation of any broadcasting system or service, whether in terms
of the Broadcasting Act [C hapter 12:01], the Radiocom munication Services Act
[Chapter 12:04] or the Postal and Teleco mmunications Act [Chapter 12:05], shall not
be treated as an application for the purposes of section ten.
(3) Any person who, immediatel y before the date of comm encement of this Act was
lawfully providing a datacast ing service, a roadcasting se rvice, a webcasting service
or a subscription satellite broadcasting service shall be d eemed to be license d for the
purpose of providing the same service or system until the 28th February,2002, and
any application made after that date in terms of this Act for a licence to provide that
service shall be treated as an application for a new licence in terms of section ten and
not for the renewal of a licence.
[amended by Section 10 of Act 26 of 2001, with effect from the 1st February, 2002.]
(4) This Act shall b e deemed to ha ve come into operation on the date o
f
commencement of the Presidential Powe rs (Temporary Measures ) (Broadcasting)
Regulations, 2000, published in Statutory Instrument 255A of 2000 (hereinafte r
called “the Regulations ”), and anything done in terms of those regulations shall be
valid as if it had been done in terms of this Act.
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