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Exemption

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 15 Jul 1996

No. S 307

Singapore Broadcasting Authority Act

(Chapter 297)

Exemption

1. It is hereby notified for general information that, pursuant to section 73 of the Singapore Broadcasting Authority Act, the Minister for Information and the Arts exempts, in relation to the provision of the following services, any person who provides any of the following services from sections 20 and 21 of the Singapore Broadcasting Authority Act, with effect from 15th July 1996:

(a)

news wire services where the information is transmitted primarily for the purposes of news-gathering by broadcasting or newspaper companies;

(b)

financial information services where the financial information is transmitted without commentary and without alteration or addition to its form;

(c)

weather or traffic news services;

(d)

close circuit television surveillance services that are —

(i)	transmitted for reception within the confines of a single building, dwelling-house, hospital, educational institution, residential, commercial or industrial complex, or any single temporary or permanent structure; and
(ii)	provided solely for the purpose of security surveillance;

(e)

airline in-flight entertainment and information services that are provided on aircraft;

(f)

computer on-line services other than computer on-line services subject to a class licence under the Singapore Broadcasting Authority (Class Licence) Notification 1996; or

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(g)

other licensable broadcasting services that are regulated or licensed by the Government, or a statutory authority, under any written law.

2. The exemption under paragraph 1 (f) includes computer on-line services provided, other than for business, political or religious purposes, by individual Internet Content Providers as defined in the Singapore Broadcasting Authority (Class Licence) Notification 1996.

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Dated this 11th day of July 1996.

TAN CHIN TIONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Information and the Arts,
Singapore.

[(P) CMS 5/1 (c); AG/SL/24/94 Vol. 1]

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