RADIO BROADCASTING SERVICES (MASTER ANTENNA) REGULATIONS (masterantenna)

RADIO BROADCASTING SERVICES

(MASTER ANTENNA)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 350.03

RADIO BROADCASTING SERVICES

(MASTER ANTENNA) REGULATIONS

1st April, 1999

LEGAL NOTICE 63 of 1999, as amended by Legal Notice 424 of 2007.

The title of these regulations is the Radio Broadcasting

Services (Master Antenna) Regulations.

The Broadcasting Authority shall provide from the master

antenna, transmission and other services connected therewith, such

as lighting for common areas (excluding electricity consumption by

the nation-wide broadcasting stations), security services, periodical

surveys, and the maintenance of the master antenna as well as

surveys and maintenance of the steel tower, buildings, site and

other reasonable requirements.

A nation-wide radio broadcasting service shall pay for the

services hereabove referred to, an annual fee of four thousand and

six hundred and fifty-eight euros (4,658) payable to the Authority

in advance.

Should a nation-wide broadcasting service fail to pay the

said annual fee and remains in arrears for a period of fifteen days

from being called upon by the Authority to effect payment, then the

Authority shall, on the lapse of such term, withhold all

transmission facilities to the defaulting nation-wide broadcasting

service and this until payment is effected.

A reconnection fee of one thousand and one hundred and

sixty-four euros (1,164) shall be paid to the Authority by any

defaulting broadcasting service.

The Broadcasting Authority shall in no manner be liable

f o r d a m a g e s w h i c h m a y b e s u s t a i n e d b y a n y n a t i o n -w i d e

broadcasting service as a result of any interruption or suspension of

transmissions from the master antenna.