BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT [CHAPTER 12:06] (as at 11th January 2008) service shall be issued subject to the local content conditions specified in the Sixth Schedule. (4) Not less than ten per centum of total programming content broadcast by any licensee shall be⎯ (a) in any of the national aboriginal languages of Zimbabwe other than Shona and Ndebele; and (b) in the case of a television broadcasting licensee, in a manner that may be understood by audiences who have a hearing impairment. (5) A licensee shall make one hour cumulatively per week of its broadcasting time available for the purpose of enabling the Government of the day, at its request, to explain its policies to the nation; (6) A licensee shall observe and comply with the provisions of the Copyright Act [Chapter 26:01] when providing his service; (7)38 A licensee shall commence to provide a broadcasting service or operate as a signal carrier, as the case may be, within eighteen months of the date of the issue of the licence concerned. (8) ….39 (9) It shall be a condition of every signal carrier licence that the licensee shall comply with the International Telecommunication Constitution. (10) A licensee shall not broadcast outside the licence area of the licence unless he proves to the satisfaction of the Authority that broadcasting outside that licence area occurred accidentally or is a necessary result of the provision of the licensee’s broadcasting services within the licence area. (11)40 All broadcasting licensees shall be subject to the provisions of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act [Chapter 10:27] in regard to the conduct and accreditation of journalists employed by them. 12 Form and period of validity of licence (1)41 A licence shall be in the prescribed form and shall specify⎯ (a) the name and address of the licensee; and (b) the date of issue and expiry of the licence. (2)42 A licence for a broadcasting service specified in paragraphs (a) to (f) of subsection (2) of section seven shall be valid for a period of ten years. (3)43 A licence for a broadcasting service specified in paragraphs (g) to (j) of subsection (2) of section seven shall be valid for a period of three years. 38 39 40 41 42 43 Subsection amended by s. 10 of Act 19/2007. Subsection repealed by s. 10 of Act 19/2007. Subsection inserted by s. 10 of Act 19/2007. Subsection amended by s. 11 of Act 19/2007 [repeal of paragraphs (c) to (f)]. Subsection substituted by s. 8 of Act 6/2003. Subsection substituted by s. 8 of Act 6/2003 and amended by s. 11 of Act 19/2007[3 years substituted for 2 years]. - 19 -