Domestic free television programme service supplementary provisions
PART 1
General
1. Interpretation
licence” (牌照) means a domestic free television programme service licence;
“licensee” (持牌人) means the holder of a licence;
“service” (服務) means a domestic free television programme service the subject of a licence.
2. Application for licence
A licence shall not be granted to or held by a company which is the subsidiary of a corporation.
3. Television programmes supplied by Government
(1) Where a requirement is made on a licensee pursuant to a condition to include in its service, without charge, a television programme supplied by the Government or the Broadcasting Authority—
- (a) the requirement may include the inclusion in its service, of television programmes supplied by the Government or the Broadcasting Authority, during the 3 hours commencing at 7 p.m., on any day from Monday to Friday inclusive;
- (b) unless the licensee consents otherwise, the number of such hours of television programmes supplied by the Government or the Broadcasting Authority for inclusion in its service during the hours mentioned in paragraph (a) shall not be required to exceed, in any one day, 30 minutes in duration, in aggregate or otherwise;
- (c) without prejudice to the operation of paragraphs (a) and (b), if the licensee’s service is not provided on demand, the duration of the television programmes supplied by the Government or the Broadcasting Authority shall not be required to exceed, in aggregate or otherwise, any of the following—
- (i) 2 –12 hours in any period of 24 hours commencing at 6 a.m.;
- (ii) 2 –12 hours in the 15 hours between the hours of 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. in any period from Monday to Friday inclusive in any one week;
- (iii) in the case of a service in the Chinese language, 12 hours in any week; and
- (iv) in the case of a service in the English language, 6 hours in any week.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall be construed to prejudice the operation of section 19 of this Ordinance.
4. Duration of licence
(1) The Chief Executive in Council may by notice in the Gazette—
- (a) specify the period of validity of a licence;
- (b) order a licence to be reviewed within such period as is specified in the notice.
