BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT [CHAPTER 12:06] (as at 11th January 2008) this Act for the operation of any broadcasting system or service, whether in terms of the Broadcasting Act [Chapter 12:01], the Radiocommunication Services Act [Chapter 12:04] or the Postal and Telecommunications Act [Chapter 12:05], shall not be treated as an application for the purposes of section ten. (3) Any person who, immediately before the date of commencement of this Act was lawfully providing a datacasting service, a roadcasting service, a webcasting service or a subscription satellite broadcasting service shall be deemed to be licensed for the purpose of providing the same service or system for a period of until the 28th February, 2002102, and any application made after that date in terms of this Act for a licence to provide that service shall be treated as an application for a new licence in terms of section ten and not for the renewal of a licence. (4) This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the date of commencement of the Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) (Broadcasting) Regulations, 2000, published in Statutory Instrument 255A of 2000 (hereinafter called “the Regulations”) 103, and anything done in terms of those regulations shall be valid as if it had been done in terms of this Act. 48 Amendment of Cap. 12:01 and Cap 12:05 (1) The Broadcasting Act [Chapter 12:01] is amended— (a) in the long title, by the deletion of “to confer upon the Corporation the sole right to broadcast in Zimbabwe; to provide for the licensing of operators of diffusion services and of listeners;” and the substitution of “to provide for the licensing of listeners;”. (b) by the repeal of section 1 and the substitution of— “1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation Act [Chapter 12:01] (c) in section 27 by the insertion after ”Corporation” of “, a person licensed in terms of the Broadcasting Services Act [Chapter 12:06]”. (2) The Postal and Telecommunications Act [Chapter 12:05] is amended in section 33 by the insertion in subsection (2) after “no person” of “other than the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation or a person licensed in terms of the Broadcasting Services Act [Chapter 12:06]”. 102 103 Subsection amended by s. 10(f) of Act 26/2001 (deletion of "(for a period of) three months from the date of commencement of this Act" (i.e., until the 4th July, 2001, being three months from the 4th April, 2001)and substitution of "until the 28th February, 2002"). A previous extension of the period was effected by section 2 of the Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) (Amendment of Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation Act and Broadcasting Services Act) Regulations, 2001, published in Statutory Instrument 220E of 2001 (deletion of "of three months" and substitution of "not exceeding nine months", i.e., until not later than the 4th January, 2002). 4th October, 2000 (date of publication of the regulations). - 41 -