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Broadcasting and Television (Amendment) Act 2000

Assent: 24 April 2000
Commencement: 20 July 2000

REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION (AMENDMENT) ACT

NO. 13 OF 2000

Arrangement of Sections

1. Amendment of section 1
2. Amendment of section 25
3. Amendment of section 27
4. Amendment of section 46
5. Commencement.

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REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION (AMENDMENT) ACT

NO. 13 OF 2000

An Act to amend the Broadcasting and Television Act No. 3 of 1992 (the "Principal Act").

BE IT ENACTED by the President and Parliament as follows:

AMENDMENT OF SECTION 1

1. Section 1 of the Principal Act is amended by:

(a) omitting the definition of "broadcasting" and substituting the following definition:

""broadcasting" means the transmission by radio, television or satellite of any message or other broadcast matter for reception by the general public;"; and

(b) omitting the definition of "broadcasting apparatus" and substituting the following definition:

""broadcasting apparatus" means:

(a) any satellite dish or satellite decoder; or

(b) any other apparatus capable of or designed or constructed for the transmission or reception of broadcast matter by radio waves, wire, cable, optical fibre, satellite or any other means or a combination of those means;"; and

(c) inserting " or a satellite transponder" after "station" in the definition of "broadcasting matter"; and

(d) inserting ", satellite"; after "fibre" in the definition of "broadcasting service"; and

(e) inserting ", satellite" after "fibre" in the definition of "broadcasting station"; and

(f) inserting the following definitions in their correct alphabetical position:

""satellite decoder" means a device for transforming signals from a satellite dish or a satellite transponder into sounds and/or images;

"satellite dish" means a device for the transmission of signals from the earth to a satellite transponder or for the reception on the earth of signals transmitted from a satellite transponder;

"satellite transponder" means a device in a space satellite that is capable of receiving signals from a satellite dish and immediately retransmitting those signals for reception by a satellite dish;".

AMENDMENT OF SECTION 25

2. Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the following subsections:

"(5) To avoid doubt, this section applies in relation to a broadcasting apparatus whether worked or installed before, on or after the commencement of this subsection.

(6) The rules may prescribe different fees in relation to licences for different broadcasting apparatus and licences for different classes of broadcasting apparatus.".

AMENDMENT OF SECTION 27

3. Subsection 27 (1) of the Principal Act is amended by:

(a) omitting "or works" and substituting ", works, sells, offers for sale or has in his or her possession with a view to sale"; and

(b) omitting "VT. 500,000" and substituting "VT 1,000,000"; and

(c) inserting "sold," before "installed".

AMENDMENT OF SECTION 46

4. Section 46 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting "one year" and substituting "5 years".

COMMENCEMENT

5. This Act commences on the day on which it is published in the Gazette.

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