Broadcasting (Class Licence) Notification

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Broadcasting Act

(Chapter 28, Section 9)

Broadcasting (Class Licence) Notification

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G.N. No. S 306/1996

REVISED EDITION 2004

(29th February 2004)

[15th July 1996]

Citation

1. This Notification may be cited as the Broadcasting (Class Licence) Notification.

Definitions

2. For the purposes of this Notification —

“Internet Content Provider” means —

(a)	any individual in Singapore who provides any programme, for business, political or religious purposes, on the World Wide Web through the Internet; or
(b)	any corporation or group of individuals (including any association, business, club, company, society, organisation or partnership, whether registrable or incorporated under the laws of Singapore or not) who provides any programme on the World Wide Web through the Internet,

and includes any web publisher and any web server administrator;

“Internet Service Provider” means any of the following persons:

(a)	an Internet Access Service Provider licensed under section 5 of the Telecommunications Act (Cap. 323);
(b)	a Localised Internet Service Reseller; or
(c)	a Non-localised Internet Service Reseller;

“Localised Internet Service Reseller” means a person —

(a)	who obtains Internet access from an Internet Access Service Provider or from a Non-localised Internet Service Reseller;
(b)	who provides Internet services obtained from the Internet Access Service Provider, or the Non- localised Internet Service Reseller, to all or part of the public; and
(c)	whose Internet services are available for reception only within a single building, dwelling-house, hospital, educational institution, residential, commercial or industrial complex, or any other single temporary or permanent structure,

but does not include a person who provides Internet services to that person’s own employees for use solely within that person’s firm or corporation;

“Non-localised Internet Service Reseller” means a person who —

(a)	obtains Internet access from an Internet Access Service Provider; and
(b)	provides Internet services obtained from the Internet Access Service Provider to all or part of the public by leased telecommunication lines, integrated services digital networks, modems or by any other wired or wireless means,

but does not include a person who provides Internet services to that person’s own employees for use solely within that person’s firm or corporation;

“VAN computer on-line service” means a computer on-line service that is licensed as a Value Added Network service under section 5 of the Telecommunications Act.

Licensable broadcasting services subject to class licence

3. The provision of the following licensable broadcasting services are subject to a class licence:

(a)	audiotext services;
(b)	videotext services;
(c)	teletext services;
(d)	broadcast data services;
(e)	VAN computer on-line services; and
(f)	computer on-line services that are provided by Internet Content Providers and Internet Service Providers.

Conditions of class licence

4. The conditions of the class licence referred to in paragraph 3 are set out in the Schedule.

Application of conditions

5. The conditions of the class licence set out in the Schedule apply to the provision of any licensable broadcasting service that is subject to a class licence where the service is available or continues to be provided after 15th July 1996 notwithstanding that the service was available or first provided before 15th July 1996.

[G.N. Nos. S 306/96; S 496/2001; S 555/2003]

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