Independent Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act, 2017

3. Section 5(2) of the principal Act is amended by the— (a) insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (j): (k) to administer and collect the television levy and any other fee payable in respect of a public broadcasting service; and (b) renumbering of paragraphs (k) and (l) as paragraphs (l) and (m). Amendment of Part IV Insertion of section 22A

4. The principal Act is amended in Part IV by the deletion of the heading “BROADCASTING SERVICES AND LICENCES” and the substitution therefor of the heading “BROADCASTING SERVICES, LICENCES AND TELEVISION LEVY”.

5. The principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following new section immediately after section 22: Television levy

22A. (1) The Authority shall charge a television levy on the subscription payment made by a person to a licensee that provides a subscriber management service during any period of subscription at the rate prescribed by the Minister by Statutory Instrument. (2) The Authority shall apply the television levy charged under subsection (1) to public broadcasting services. (3) A licensee that collects the television levy under subsection (1) shall remit the levy to the Authority not later than the tenth day of the month following the month in which the levy is paid. (4) A licensee that contravenes this section commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both. (5) The Minister may by statutory instrument, make regulations for the better collection and administration of the levy. Amendment of Section 39

6. Section 39 (1) (b) of the principal Act is amended by the insertion of the word “levies” immediately after the word “grants”.