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64 of 2002
The Broadcasting Amendment Act 64 of 2002 intends:
- to amend the Broadcasting Act, 1999, so as:
- to add certain definitions;
- to provide for the conversion of the old Corporation into a public company in terms of the Companies Act;
- to clarify the relationship between the policies governing public commercial services and the values of the public broadcasting service;
- to provide for the continued existence of the old Corporation during the transitional period;
- to provide for a procedure relating to authorisation of all channels carried by the broadcasting services;
- to provide for the procedure relating to the granting of additional subscription television service licences and to open subscription television services to full competition;
- to provide for the application and granting of television licences;
- to provide for the imposition of penalties for failure to pay television licence fees;
- to provide for the appointment of inspectors; and
- to provide for the making of regulations;
- to amend the Independent Broadcasting Authority Act, 1993, and the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Act, 2000; and
- to provide for matters connected therewith.
Commencement
7 March 2003 (Gazette 25021 of 7 March 2003)