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Chapter: | 562
![]() | Title: | Broadcasting Ordinance | Gazette Number: | E.R. 2 of 2012 |
| Section: | 10 | Heading: | Grant of licence | Version Date: | 02/08/2012 |
(1) The Chief Executive in Council may, after considering recommendations made pursuant to section 9(2), grant a licence under section 8(1) subject to such conditions as he thinks fit specified in the licence.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the Authority may grant a licence under section 8(2) subject to such conditions as it thinks fit specified in the licence.
(3) The Chief Executive in Council, in the case of licences, or a class of licences, that may be granted under section 8(1) and the Authority, in the case of licences, or a class of licences, that may be granted under section 8(2), may by notice in writing specify conditions to which the licences shall be subject.
(4) The Chief Executive in Council or the Authority, as the case may require, may, where he or it considers it is in the public interest to do so, vary a licence at any time during its period of validity after the licensee has been given a reasonable opportunity to make representations under subsection (5).
(5) A licensee may make representations to the Authority in relation to any proposed variation under subsection (4) and, in the case of a licence granted by the Chief Executive in Council, the Authority shall fairly reflect the representations to the Chief Executive in Council.
(6) The Chief Executive in Council or the Authority, as the case may require, shall consider the representations, if any, made under subsection (5) before implementing any proposed variation under subsection (4).
(7) A licence or an interest in a licence shall not be transferred in whole or in part.