Section 2: Interpretation

2. Interpretation In this Act— “access agreement” means an agreement made under section 18 between the Company and a licensee, which sets out the terms and conditions upon which the Company shall broadcast through transmission stations operated by the Company; “Authority” means the Independent Broadcasting Authority established under section 3; “broadcast” means emit sound or images by means of Hertzian waves, satellite or a wired electromagnetic system for reception by the public— (a) otherwise than within a self-contained building; and (b) extending to or connecting at least 2 buildings; “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Authority; “Company” means the company known as MultiCarrier (Mauritius) Ltd and referred to in section 28; “Complaints Committee” means the committee set up under section 30; “Conditional Access System” means any technical measure or arrangement whereby access to protected radio or television broadcasting service in unencrypted form is made conditional on subscription or any other form of prior individual authorisation; “Corporation” has the same meaning as in the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation Act; “digital broadcasting” means the practice of using advanced digital compression techniques to encode and transmit audio, text, data, images and video signals resulting in more efficient bandwidth usage; “Director” means the Director of the Authority appointed under section 11; “employee”— (a) means any person who works under a contract of employment with the Authority; (b) includes the Director; “financial year” means the period starting on 1 July and ending on 30 June in the following year; “ICT Authority” means the Information and Communication Technologies Authority established under the Information and CommunicationTechnologies Act; “Internet Protocol” means a standard consisting of a set of rules governing digital data communications on the Internet; [Issue 7] I6 – 2 Revised Laws of Mauritius “Internet Protocol Television service” means a service which provides scheduled television programming over a public network and may provide additional features such as data, text and audio signals which are ancillary to the scheduled television programming; “law practitioner” has the same meaning as in the Law Practitioners Act; “licence” means any licence specified in the First Schedule; “licensee” means the holder of a licence; “local authority” has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act; “member”— (a) means a member of the Authority; and (b) includes the Chairperson; “Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of matters relating to the Authority is assigned; “Multimedia” means the combination of multiple forms of media such as audio, video, text, graphics, fax, and telephony in the communication of information; “Multiplex” means a bundle of television broadcast programs that have been digitised, compressed and combined into a single data stream; “Multiplex Operator” means the Company acting as such in accordance with section 28; “public network” means a network set up and operated by a public operator, to which the general public has access and through which it can connect to other networks or the Internet; “qualified auditor” has the same meaning as in the Statutory Bodies (Accounts and Audit) Act; “reception apparatus” means any instrument intended for the reception of a broadcast programme; “Standards Committee” means the committee set up under section 29; “terrestrial Multi ing as such in accordance with section 28; “public network” means a network set up and operated by a public operator, to which the general public has access and through which it can connect to other networks or the Internet; “qualified auditor” has the same meaning as in the Statutory Bodies (Accounts and Audit) Act; “reception apparatus” means any instrument intended for the reception of a broadcast programme; “Standards Committee” means the committee set up under section 29; “terrestrial Multiplex Operator” means the Company; “transmission station” means a station for the transmission of broadcasting for reception by the public. [S. 2 amended by s. 25 (a) of Act 9 of 2015 w.e.f. 14 May 2015.] PART II – THE AUTHORITY