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Broadcasting (Amendment) Act 1997

NIUE


BROADCASTING (AMENDMENT) ACT 1997


NO. 225


An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act 1989


1. Short title


(1) This Act may be cited as the Broadcasting (Amendment) Act 1997.


2. Interpretation


(1) In this Act "the principal Act" means the Broadcasting Act 1987.


Section 10 amended - Board of Directors


(1) Section 10(l) of the principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (d).


Section 11 amended -Term of appointment of appointed directors


(1) Section 11(1) of the principal Act is amended by omitting "three years" and substituting "two years".


5. Section 13 amended – Chairman


(1) Section 13(2) of the principal Act is amended by omitting "three years" and substituting "two years".


6. Section 22 amended - General Manager


(1) Section 22 of the principal Act is amended-


(a) by omitting from subsection (1) "five years" and substituting "two years"; and


(b) by omitting from subsection (5) "without the prior consent of the Corporation".


7. Appointments terminated


(1) Despite the terms of his or her appointment the appointment of a person to be-


(a) a member of the Board under section 10(2) of the principal Act; or


(b) the Chairman of the Board under section 13(1) of the principal Act; or


(c) the General Manager of the Broadcasting Corporation of Niue under section 22(1) of the principal Act,


who is holding office immediately before the commencement of this Act by virtue of that appointment is to be taken to have expired on that commencement.


The Niue Assembly passed this Act on the 3rd day of September 1997.


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