Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)RegulationsRegulations regarding the Code of Conduct for Broadcasting Service Licensees6. Watershed Period |
| 1) | Programming on television which contains scenes of explicit violence and/or sexual conduct and/or nudity and/or grossly offensive language intended for adult audiences must not be broadcast before the watershed period. |
| 2) | Promotional material and music videos which contain scenes of explicit violence and/or explicit threatening violence and/or sexual conduct and/or the fondling or touching of breasts and/or genitalia or the anus and/or nudity and/or offensive language intended for adult audiences must not be broadcast before the watershed period. |
| 3) | Some programmes broadcast outside the watershed period may not be suitable for very young children. Licensees must provide sufficient information, in terms of regular scheduling patterns or audience advisories, to assist parents and de facto or legal guardians to make appropriate viewing choices. |
| 4) | Television broadcasting service licensees may, with the advance of the watershed period, progressively broadcast more adult material. |
| 5) | Broadcasting service licensees must be particularly sensitive to the likelihood that programmes which commence during the watershed period and which run beyond it may then be viewed by children. |