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HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

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Ordiance No. 48 of 2000

An Ordinance to license companies to provide broadcasting services, to regulate the provision of broadcasting services by licensees, and to provide for matters incidental thereto or connected therewith.

[7 July 2000]

Enacted by the Legislative Council.

PART I
Preliminary

1. Short title and commencement

(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Broadcasting Ordinance.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), this Ordinance shall come into operation on the day on which this Ordinance is published in the Gazette.

(3) Sections 13, 14, 16 and 17 shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Secretary for Information Technology and Broadcasting by notice in the Gazette.

2. Interpretation

(1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—

“associate” (相聯者)—

(a) subject to paragraph (b), in relation to—

(i) a voting controller holding voting control, means the same as it does in the definition of “associate” in Part 1 of Schedule 1;