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Assembly; adoption by the same Assembly of a resolution calling for the removal of
a councillor; adoption of that resolution by the President who then removes the
councillor.
ICASA is the licensing authority.
CANADA
The Canadian Broadcasting Industry is governed by The Canadian Radio-television
and Telecommunications Commission Act and the Broadcasting Act.
The
broadcasting sector comes under the regulatory authority of Canadian Radiotelevision and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).
The CRTC is constituted in terms of subsections 3 of the Canadian
Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act. It is constituted by not
more than thirteen full-time members and not more than six part-time members all of
whom are appointed by the Governor in Council.
In terms of the same section a
member shall hold office during good behaviour for a term not exceeding five years
but may be removed at any time by the Governor in Council for cause.
Subsection 7(2) expressly bolsters the independence of the CRTC
when it comes to issuing licences.
It states that “No order may be made under
subsection (1) in respect of the issuance of a licence to a particular person or in
respect of the amendment, renewal, suspension or revocation of a particular licence”.
What is more, subsection (5) requires that an order to the Commission by the
Governor in Council should “be laid before each House of Parliament on any of the
first fifteen days on which that House is sitting after the making of the order.” The
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