Broadcasting Amendment Act

2 October 1996 No. 1598. 2 Oktober 1996 It is hereby notified that the President has assented to the following Act which is hereby published for general infor- mation:- ffp· 50 of 1996: Broadcasting Amendment A~t, 1996. ·. · · · · · · Hierb}i word b~ke~d. ge~aak dat. die President sy goed keuring geheg het aan die oriderstaande Wet wat hierby ter algemene inligting gepubliseer word:- . · ·, .· No. 50 van 1996: Uitsaaiwysigingswet, 1996. 2 ·No:-.17474 Act No. SO, ,996 GOVERNMENT GAZETIE, 2 OCTOBER 1996 B~OADC~STING AMENDMENT ACT, 1996. GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE:_ Words in bold type in square brackets indicate omissions from existing enactments. ·: . . Words underilne.d .. wrth: i .. solid lirie indicate· ,insertions in · existing enactments, ACT To amend the Broadcasting Act, 1976, so as to reduce the membership of the Board of the South African Broadcasting Corporation; to expressly provide that the Board only controls the affairs of the Corporation and that the Director-General manages those affairs; to effect a correction in the English text; and to provide for incidental matters. (English text signed by the President.) (As~ented to 27 September 1996.) B E . rr ENACTED by the Parliament of the Repubi{c . of . South· Africa, , as follows:- Substitution of section 3 of Act 73 of 1976 -' '- 1~ The following section is he;eby substituted for section 3of the Broadca~ting Act, ' 1976: 5 "Board of the corporation

3. The affairs of the corporation shall be [managed and] controlled by a board to be called the Board of the South African Broadcasting Corpora tion.". Amendment of section 4 of Act 73 of.1976, as amended by section 2 of Act 61 of 1982 10 and section 1 of Act 73 of 1993 · · · · · · · · · . 2. Section 4 of the Broadca~ting.Act, 1976, is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of the following paragraph: · - ·· "(a) not less than[21] 15and not more than [25] 21 members; arid" . _ . •. · Amendment of section 9 of Act 73 of 1976, as substituted by section 4 of Act 61 of 15 1982 - .

3. Section 9 of the Broadcasting Act, 1976, is hereby amended-. . _ (a) by the substitiltfon for subsection (4) of the following subsection: · _ : · . ,· . : ~'(4) Sub'ect to the directions of the board and the rovisions of this Act, the director-general_; · (a) . shall manage the affairs of the corporation; , ' (b) . 'shall exercise control and supervision over the staff of the corporation; 20 and (c) shall perform the functions and exercise the powers assigned to him by the board."; and 25 4 No. 17474 Act No. SO, 1996 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2 OCTOBER 1996 BROADCASTING AMENDMENT ACT, 1996 (b) by the substitution in subsection _ (6)(b) for the expression '-'(3)'.' of the expres.sion "(5)": Short title

4. This Act shall be called the Broadcasting Amendment Act, 1996.