Singapore Broadcasting Authority (TVRO System) Regulations

Singapore Broadcasting Authority Act

(Chapter 297, Section 79)

Rg 3

G.N. No. S 126/1991

REVISED EDITION 1996

(15th May 1996)

[22nd March 1991]

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Singapore Broadcasting Authority (TVRO System) Regulations.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“broadcast television receiver” means any apparatus used for the visual and aural reception in monochrome or colour of broadcast matter transmitted by radio waves, wire or cable (but does not include any TVRO system);

“institution” means any body of persons, corporate or unincorporate, and includes any undertaking;

“licence” means a licence to install or work or install and work a TVRO system;

“licensee” means a person to whom a licence is issued;

“telecommunications” has the same meaning as in the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act [Cap. 323];

“TVRO system” means any apparatus (including a dish antenna) or any combination of apparatus capable of direct reception of broadcast matter emitted from or passing through any communication or broadcast satellite in extra-terrestrial space.

Application for licence

3.—(1) Every application by an institution for a licence shall be made in writing and in such form as the Authority may specify.

(2) An applicant shall specify the premises in which the applicant intends to install or work a TVRO system and furnish such other information as the Authority may require.

Fee

4.—(1) The fee for a licence shall be $1,000.

(2) The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, waive wholly or partly, either generally or in any particular case, the payment of a fee for a licence.

Period of licence

5. A licence shall, unless earlier revoked, be valid for a period of 12 months from the first day of the month in which the licence is issued.

Replacement of licence

6.—(1) If the Authority is satisfied that any licence issued by it has been lost, destroyed or defaced, the Authority may, subject to paragraph (2), on payment of a fee of $2 issue a duplicate licence in place thereof.

(2) No duplicate licence shall be issued under this regulation in place of a defaced licence unless the defaced licence is surrendered to the Authority for cancellation.

Licence non-transferable

7. A licensee shall not transfer, assign or dispose of his licence.

Revocation of licence

8. The Authority may, by notice in writing, revoke a licence on the ground of failure to comply with any of the provisions of the Act or these Regulations or with any condition of the licence.

Conditions of licence

9.—(1) Every licence shall be subject to the following conditions:

(a)	the licensee shall not install or work a TVRO system except in the premises specified in the licence;
(b)	the TVRO system in respect of which the licence is issued shall not be worked for the purpose of telecommunications or transmitting broadcast matter;
(c)	the licensee shall, in installing or working a TVRO system, ensure that no person (other than the licensee, another licensee or the employees thereof) can receive broadcast matter received by the TVRO system;
(d)	the licensee shall indemnify the Authority and the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore for any loss, damage or expense arising from unauthorised reception by the licensee of satellite transmissions;
(e)	where access to INTELSAT space segment is required, the licensee shall apply to the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore for approval and shall comply with the relevant rules and procedures for earth station access, bookings and fees; and
(f)	the licensee shall, in accordance with any written law, obtain such permits, licences or other authorisation from other public officers or authorities as may be necessary for or in connection with the lawful installation or working of the TVRO system.

(2) Without prejudice to paragraph (1), the Authority may impose such additional conditions as it thinks fit.

Installation diagrams, etc.

10. A licensee of a TVRO system shall, within 14 days of the installation of the TVRO system in respect of which the licence is issued, furnish the following to the Authority:

(a)	a diagram or diagrams showing the location of the TVRO system installed and the cable distribution system connecting the TVRO system to broadcast television receivers;
(b)	particulars of the type and model of the apparatus constituting the TVRO system; and
(c)	the location of every broadcast television receiver that the licensee has caused to be connected to the TVRO system.

Working of TVRO system

11.—(1) No TVRO system shall be worked in a manner which interferes or may interfere with the efficient or convenient working or maintenance of any telephone, telegraph or power line which existed at the time of installation of such TVRO system.

(2) No licensee shall work any TVRO system in such manner as knowingly to cause interference or disturbance to reception by any other broadcasting apparatus licensed under the Act or the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act [Cap. 323] or any regulations made thereunder.

(3) No licensee shall intercept any signal, sign, writing, image, sound or intelligence of any nature transmitted which is not intended for reception by the general public.

International telecommunication agreements

12. A licensee shall, in the installation or working of a TVRO system, observe the provisions of the International Telecommunication Convention and any bilateral or multilateral telecommunication agreements in force and the regulations pertaining to the operation of TVRO systems that are made under that Convention and agreements.

Modifications to TVRO system, etc.

13.—(1) A licensee of a TVRO system shall not —

(a)	modify or alter any apparatus constituting the TVRO system; or
(b)	change the location of that TVRO system,

except with the approval of the Authority.

(2) If there is any change in the number of broadcast television receivers in his possession connected to a TVRO system or a change in the location of any such broadcast television receiver, the licensee of that TVRO system shall forthwith inform the Authority in writing of such change.

Non- working of TVRO system

14. When a licensee ceases to work the TVRO system in respect of which his licence is issued , he shall not sell, offer for sale or otherwise dispose of the TVRO system or any part thereof except with the approval of the Authority.

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