Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)RegulationsMunicipal Elections Party Elections Broadcasts and Political Advertisements Regulations, 20111. Definitions |
In these regulations, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act will bear such meaning, unless the context indicates otherwise:
"the Act"
means the Electronic Communications Act 2005, (Act No.36 of 2005);
"Constitution"
means the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996;
"Current affairs programme"
means a program which focuses on and includes comment on and interpretation and analysis of issues of immediate social, political or economic relevance and matters of international, national, regional and local significance;
"Election broadcast period"
means the period within which party election broadcasts may be transmitted; such period commencing 120 hours after the allotment of time-slots by the Authority and ending 48 hours before polling commences;
"Electoral Act"
means the Electoral Act, 1998 (Act No. 73 of 1998);
"Electoral Code"
means the Electoral Code of Conduct as set out in Schedule 2 of the Electoral Act;
"Electoral Commission Act"
means the Electoral Commission Act, 1996 (Act No 51 of 1996);
"ICASA Act"
means the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Act, 2000 (Act No. 13 of 2000);
"News"
means programming which reports on news events of immediate social, political or economic relevance and on matters of international, national and local significance;
"PA"
means political advertisement;
"Party"
means a political party registered in terms of section 15 of the Electoral Commission Act, or any alliance of such registered political parties, that has nominated candidates;
"PEB"
means a party election broadcast;
"SABC"
means the South African Broadcasting Corporation, a statutory body established in terms of the Broadcasting Act, 1999 (Act No 4 of 1999)