GOVERNMENT OF FIJI

MEDIA INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT (AMENDMENT) DECREE 2013

DECREE NO. 10 of 2013

IN exercise of the powers vested in me as President of the Republic of Fiji and the Commander in Chief of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces by virtue of the Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009, I hereby make the following Decree –

TO AMEND THE MEDIA INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DECREE 2010

Short title and commencement

1. This Decree may be cited as the Media Industry Development (Amendment) Decree 2013 and shall come into force of the date of its publication in the Gazette.

Section 40 amended

2. Section 40 of the Media Industry Development Decree 2010 is amended by inserting the following new subsection after subsection (2) –

"(3) Sections 38 and 39 do not apply to any media organisation that broadcasts only entertainment programmes via pay cable or pay satellite television, if that media organisation operates in a joint venture or partnership with a State owned media organisation in which the State owns majority shares.

(4) The State owned media organisation shall hold at least 15% of the joint venture or partnership referred to in subsection (3) and there shall be at least one representative of the State owned media organisation on the Board of Directors of the joint venture or partnership."

Section 43 amended

3. Section 43 of the Media Industry Development Decree 2010 is amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following –

"(2) Any media organisation that is in breach of sections 38 and 39 shall be ordered by the Minister to cease to operate as a media organisation until such time when the media organisation is in compliance with sections 38 and 39, and the Minister certifies that the media organisation is in compliance with the provisions of this Part."

GIVEN under my hand this 14th day of February 2013.

EPELI NAILATIKAU
President of the Republic of Fiji