BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT [CHAPTER 12:06] (as at 11th January 2008) (9) The Authority may, after affording the defaulting licensee a reasonable opportunity to be heard, impose a prescribed monetary penalty upon a licensee who commits any breach of a code of conduct, and a failure to pay such a penalty may be a ground for the cancellation of the licence concerned. (10) The amount of any penalty paid in terms of subsection (5) shall form part of the funds of the Authority. 25 Minister may require Authority to determine programme standards in certain cases (1) If⎯ (a) the Minister is satisfied that there is convincing evidence that a code of conduct developed or published in terms of section twenty-four is not operating to provide appropriate community safeguards in respect of any matter referred to in subsection (2) or (3) of that section; and (b) the Minister is satisfied that the Authority should determine a standard in relation to that matter; the Minister shall write to the Authority, directing it to vary or revoke any standard in relation to that matter. (2) If the Authority determines or varies or revokes a standard, the Authority must publish in the Gazette a notice stating⎯ (a) that the standard has been determined, varied or revoked; and (b) the places where copies of the standard or of the variation or revocation can be purchased. (3) Subsections (8), (9) and (10) of section twenty-four shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to any breaches of a standard. PART VI APPROVAL OF TYPE, INSTALLATION AND SITES OF SIGNAL TRANSMITTING STATIONS AND ALLOCATION OF BROADCASTING SERVICE BANDS 26 Approval of type, installation and sites of signal transmitting stations and allocation of broadcasting service bands (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Authority shall⎯ (a) approve the sites at which all signal transmitting stations are to be established and at which all broadcasting apparatus used in connection therewith is to be erected; and (b) allocate the broadcasting service bands on which all signal transmitting stations shall be operated; and (c) approve⎯ (i) the mode of transmission to be used in connection with all signal transmitting stations and the power to be radiated therefrom; and (ii) the classes, types and standards of signal transmitting stations and broadcasting apparatus to be used in connection with different classes of broadcasting - 24 -

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