Singapore legislation
Schedule 6
Schedule 6
Consequential Amendments
SIXTH SCHEDULESection 80(4)Consequential AmendmentsInterpretation
1. In this Schedule and in any written law amended by this Schedule, “broadcasting licence”, “broadcasting licensee” and “broadcasting service” have the same meanings as in section 2 of this Act.References to repealed Singapore Broadcasting Corporation Act
2. In any written law, any reference to the repealed Singapore Broadcasting Corporation Act [Cap. 297] shall be read as a reference to this Act.References to Singapore Broadcasting Corporation
3. The references to the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation in any written law shall be read as references to the Singapore Broadcasting Authority.Amendments to Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act
4. The Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act [Cap. 323] is amended —
by deleting the words “and television” in the sixth line of paragraph (a) of section 6(1) and substituting the word “service”;
by deleting paragraph (b) of section 25 and substituting the following paragraph:“(b)the operation of any telecommunication system in the course of their duties by the officers and men of the Singapore Armed Forces, the Singapore Police Force, the Singapore Civil Defence Force or of any visiting force lawfully present in Singapore.”; and
by deleting section 129 and substituting the following section:“Excluded matters
129. This Act shall not apply to the licensing of any broadcasting service or any broadcasting apparatus under the Singapore Broadcasting Authority Act 1994 except in respect of the regulation of any telecommunication system required for the operation of any broadcasting service or the approval of any broadcasting apparatus used in accordance with section 30.”.Amendments to Copyright Act
5. The Copyright Act [Cap. 63] is amended —
by deleting the definition of “Singapore Broadcasting Corporation” in section 7(1);
by deleting the words “or for the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation” in section 21(2);
by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 89 and substituting the following paragraphs:“(a)in a television broadcast made from a place in Singapore by the holder of a broadcasting licence; and
in a sound broadcast made from a place in Singapore by the holder of a broadcasting licence.”;
by deleting section 99 and substituting the following section:“Ownership of copyright in television broadcasts and sound broadcasts
99. Subject to Part X, a person who is or has been a holder of a broadcasting licence is the owner of any copyright subsisting in a television broadcast or sound broadcast, as the case may be, made by that person.”;
by deleting the words “the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation or a person holding a licence to operate a television or broadcasting station” in section 107 and substituting the words “a person holding a broadcasting licence”;
by deleting the words “The Singapore Broadcasting Corporation or any qualified person who is the holder of a licence for a television or broadcasting station” in the first, second and third lines of section 146(1) and substituting the words “Any qualified person who is the holder of a broadcasting licence”; and
by deleting the words “the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation” in the last line of section 184(1)(e) and substituting the words “a broadcasting licensee”.