BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT [CHAPTER 12:06] (as at 11th January 2008) ACT An Act to provide for the functions, powers and duties of the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe; to provide for the constitution of the Authority; to provide for the planning, management, allocation, regulation and protection of the broadcasting frequency spectrum and the regulation and licensing of broadcasting services and systems; to provide for programme standards; to regulate and license signal carriers; to encourage and develop the creative arts through broadcasting content standards; to create a sense of national identity through broadcasting services; to create a Broadcasting Fund to help finance local broadcasting and for related purposes; and to provide for matters incidental to or connected with the foregoing. ENACTED by the President and the Parliament of Zimbabwe. [Date of publication: 4th April, 2001. But see section 47(4) for deemed date of commencement: 4th October, 2000.] PART I PRELIMINARY 1 Title This Act may be cited as the Broadcasting Services Act [Chapter 12:06].6 2 Interpretation (1) In this Act⎯ “advertising agent” means a person whose sole or principal business is the making or placing of commercial advertisements on behalf of others; “apparatus”, in relation to broadcasting apparatus, means apparatus constructed or adapted for use in transmitting or receiving broadcasting services; “applicant” means an applicant for a licence; “Authority” means the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe established by section three; “Board” means the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe Board established by section four; “broadcasting licence” means a broadcasting licence issued in terms of section ten; “broadcasting service” means any service which delivers television or radio programmes to persons having equipment appropriate for receiving that service, whether the delivery 6 Section amended by s. 10(a) of Act 26/2001. -4-