Authority in the course of their employment.
(6) The Board may assign to the Chief Execu tive such of the functions of the Board
as the Board thinks fit:
Provided that the Board shall not assign to the Chief Executive any duty that has been
assigned to the chairman of the Board.
(7) Any assignment of functions in term s of subparagraph (6) may be made eithe r
generally or specially and subject to such reservations, restrictions and exceptions as
the Board may determine, and may be revoked by the Board at any time.
(8) The Chief Executive shall have the ri ght to attend meetings of the Board and,
except in the case of any dis cussion relating to the ter ms and conditions of his
appointment, to take part in the proceedings of the Board as if he were a member, but
shall not have a vote on any question before the Board.
Fifth Schedule (Section 11 (1) (b))
STANDARD CONDITIONS OF LICENCES
PART I
INTERPRETATION
Definitions
1. In this Schedule—
“election” means a n election to Par liament or a local authority or the office of the
President, and includes a referendum;
“election advertisement” in relation to an election, means—
(a)
an advertisement—
(i)
that contains election matter relating to that election; and
(ii)
in respect of the broadcasting of which the relevant licensee has
received or is to receive, directly or indirectly, any money or other consideration; or
(b)
an announcement containing a statement
to the effect that a
programme that is to be or has been broadcast is or was sponsored by a person o r
persons and indicating that the person is a candidate, or one or more of the persons is
or are candidates, at the election; or
(c)
an announcement containing a statement
to the effect that a
programme that is to be or has been br oadcast is or was s ponsored by a particula r
political party where a candidate at the election belongs to that party;
“election matter”, in relation to an elec tion, means matter of any of the following
kinds—
(a)
matter commenting on, or soliciting votes for, a candidate at the
election;
(b)
matter commenting on, or advocating suppor t of, a political party to
which a candidate at the election belongs;
(c)
matter commenting on, stating or indicating any of the matters being
submitted to the electors at the election or any part of th e policy of a candidate at the
election or of the political party to which a candidate at the election belongs;
(d)
matter referring to a meeting held or to be held in connection with the
election;
“election period”, in rela tion to an election for the
office of President or fo r
Parliament, or a referendum, means the period th at starts thirty-three days before the
polling day for the election and ends at the close of the polling day or last polling day,
as the case may be;
“medicine” means a medicine within th e meaning of the Medicines and Allie d
Substances Control Act [Chapter 15:03];
“person�� includes a political party, whether incorporated or unincorporated;
“political matter” means any political matter, incl uding the policy launch of a
political party;
“referendum” means the submission to the electors of a proposed matter or law
whether or not the proposal to make the submission has been announced;
“relevant period”, in relation to an elec tion, means the period that commences fou r