Broadcasting Act, 1999 (Act No. 4 of 1999)

Chapter III : Classification of Broadcasting Services

Part 1 : Broadcasting licences

5. Classes of licences
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(1)Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Authority may, on such conditions as it may determine, issue a sound or television broadcasting service licence for a specified area in the following broadcasting service categories:
(a)a public broadcasting service;
(b)a commercial broadcasting service; and
(c)a community broadcasting service.

 

(2)Subject to this Act, broadcasting licences are categorised as—
(a)free-to-air broadcasting service;
(b)terrestrial subscription broadcasting service;
(c)satellite subscription broadcasting service;
(d)cable subscription broadcasting service;
(e)low power sound broadcasting service; and
(f)any other class of licence prescribed by the Authority from time to time.

[Section 5(2) substituted by section 5(a) of Act No. 64 of 2002, GG 24340, dated 4 February 2003]

 

(3)Applications for broadcasting licences must be made in terms of the applicable provisions of the Electronic Communications Act and any regulations prescribed thereunder.

[Section 5(3) substituted by item 4 of the Schedule, section 97 of Act No. 36 of 2005, GG 28743, dated 18 April 2006]