BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT [CHAPTER 12:06] (as at 11th January 2008) PART VIII APPLICATION OF ACT TO PUBLIC BROADCASTERS 36 Application of Act to public broadcasters Subject to this Act and the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation Act [Chapter 12:01], this Act shall apply to the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation referred to in section 3 of that Act (hereinafter in this Part referred to as “the Broadcasting Corporation”) and any other public broadcaster. 37 Licensing of public broadcasters (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Broadcasting Corporation shall be deemed to be licensed to provide every class of broadcasting service that it provided immediately before the date of commencement of this Act. (2) The Minister shall without delay cause the relevant licenses to be issued to the Broadcasting Corporation and any other public broadcaster, and those licenses may be renewed or amended in all respects as if they had been issued in terms of Part III. 38 Allocation of frequencies to Broadcasting Corporation All frequencies allocated immediately before the date of commencement of this Act to the Broadcasting Corporation under any enactment shall continue to be operated exclusively by the Broadcasting Corporation. PART VIIIA63 LISTENERS’ LICENCES 38A Interpretation in Part VIIIA64 In this Part— “dealer” includes⎯ (a) a person who carries on a trade, business or industry in which receivers are assembled, manufactured, imported, bought, sold, hired or exchanged, or offered or exposed for sale, hire or exchange; or (b) a person who deals in motor-vehicles in which receivers are installed; or (c) an auctioneer of receivers; or (d) the employee or agent of a person referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c); “digital convergence signal carrier company” means the company formed in terms of section 3 of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (Commercialisation) Act, 2001, as the successor to the signal carriage functions of the Corporation; "former Corporation" means the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation referred to in section 3 of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation Act [Chapter 12:01];65 63 64 65 Part VIIIA inserted by s. 10(d) of Act 26/2001. Former definitions of "broadcasting company" and "Corporation" were repealed by s. 12 of Act 6/2003. Definition inserted by s. 12 of Act 6/2003. - 28 -