Regulations, 2010

L.N. 325 of 2010

BROADCASTING ACT

(CAP. 350)

Broadcasting Code for the Protection of Minors (Amendment)

Regulations, 2010

IN exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph (b) of

subarticle (2) of article 19 of the Broadcasting Act, the Broadcasting

Authority, in conjunction with the Minister of Education, Culture,

Youth and Sport, has made the following Code:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Broadcasting

Code for the Protection of Minors (Amendment) Regulations, 2010

and shall be read and construed as one with the Broadcasting Code

for the Protection of Minors, hereinafter referred to as “the Code”.

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

2010.

Paragraph 6 of the Broadcasting Code for the Protection

of Minors shall be substituted by the following

This Code refers to minors who are under eighteen

years of age.”

3. Paragraphs 31 and 32 of the Code shall be substituted by

the following

The provisions of this Code are without prejudice

to regulations 5 and 6 of the Television Programmes

(Classification Certificates) Regulations and to the

Broadcasting Authority’s Requirements as to Standards and

Practice Applicable to Family Viewing and Listening.

The Authority shall encourage media service

providers to develop codes of conduct regarding inappropriate

audiovisual commercial communication, accompanying or

included in children’s programmes, of foods and beverages

containing nutrients and substances with a nutritional or

physiological effect, in particular those such as fat, trans-fatty

acids, salt/sodium and sugars, excessive intakes of which in

the overall diet are not recommended.”.

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