Regulations, 2010

L.N. 324 of 2010

BROADCASTING ACT

(CAP. 350)

Broadcasting (Short News Reporting) (Amendment)

Regulations, 2010

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 37 of the

Broadcasting Act, hereinafter referred to as “the principal

regulations”, the Prime Minister has made the following

regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Broadcasting

(Short News Reporting) (Amendment) Regulations, 2010 and shall

be read and construed as one with the Broadcasting (Jurisdiction

And European Co-Operation) Regulations, hereinafter referred to

as “the principal regulations”.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on 1st June

2010.

The following new sub-regulations shall be added after

sub-regulation (9) of regulation 3 of the principal regulations:-

“(10) For the purpose of short news reports, any

broadcaster established in a Member State shall have access

on a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory basis to events

of high interest to the public which are transmitted on an

exclusive basis by a broadcaster under the jurisdiction of

Malta.

(11) If another broadcaster established in Malta as the

broadcaster seeking access has acquired exclusive rights to

the event of high interest to the public, access shall be sought

from that broadcaster.

(12) Short extracts shall be used solely for general

news programmes and may be used in on-demand audiovisual

media services only if the same programme is offered on a

deferred basis by the same media service provider.”.

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