BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT [CHAPTER 12:06] (as at 11th January 2008) in such form and manner as the Authority may require or as may be prescribed. (3) The Authority shall, within fourteen days of the receipt of the proposal, respond in writing confirming whether or not a proposal submitted in terms of subsection (2) is approved, and where the Authority has not so responded within such period, the proposal shall be deemed to have been approved by the Authority. (4) No amended or substituted tariff shall come into operation before the expiry of seven days following its approval by the Authority or the expiry of twenty-one days following the submission of a proposal in terms of subsection (2) to which no response has been received. (5) A licensee to whom this section applies shall publish his tariff by⎯ (a) making it available for inspection at his principal places of business during normal business hours; and (b) promptly sending the relevant parts of it at the request of any consumer of his services. 45 Exemption from liability for Authority No liability shall attach to the Authority or to any employee of the Authority or the Board or to a member of the Board or any committee of the Board for any loss or damage sustained by any person as a result of the bona fide exercise or performance of any function which by or in terms of this Act is conferred or imposed upon the Authority or the Board. 46 Regulatory powers of the Board81 (1) The Board may, by regulation, order or notice, prescribe matters that, by this Act, are required or permitted to be prescribed or that in the opinion of the Board are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act. 82 (2) Without derogating from the generality of subsection (1), regulations, orders or notices made in terms of subsection (1) may provide for⎯ (a) the form, manner and period in which applications for licenses shall be made; (b) the form, manner and period in which complaints against licensees shall be dealt with; (c) the amount of the annual levy payable in terms of section thirty-two; and (d) the manner in which monies held in the Broadcasting Fund established by section twenty-nine may be invested; (e) any further conditions to which any class of licence shall be subject; (f) further categories of broadcasting licences; (g) the fees to be paid for licences and the manner of their payment; (h) the prohibition, restriction or control of the importation, purchase and sale of any apparatus capable of causing harmful interference; (h1) the registration with the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation of dealers and the information to supplied to the Corporation in connection with applications for registration;83 (h2) the keeping of books, records and documents, the furnishing of returns and the supply 81 82 83 Heading amended by s. 19 of Act 19/2007. Subsection amended by s. 19 of Act 19/2007. Paragraph inserted by s. 10(e) of Act 26/2001, and substituted by s. 19 of Act 6/2003.. - 37 -

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