Broadcasting Act 1994 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Broadcasting Services
15. Submission of broadcasting material to Authority
Feedback & supportA broadcasting licensee must supply to the Authority on demand any material, including the script thereof, which is intended for broadcasting.
A broadcasting licensee who is required to supply material under subsection (1) must —
supply the material in such form as the Authority may determine; or
make available on demand without charge such equipment as the Authority may determine.
The Authority may, if it is satisfied that any programme intended to be broadcast by a broadcasting licensee may be against the public interest or order, national harmony or will offend against decency, require the broadcasting licensee to pre-record the programme and submit it to the Authority for approval before it is broadcast.
programme
“programme”, in relation to a broadcasting service, means —(a)any matter the primary purpose of which is to entertain, educate or inform all or part of the public; or(b)any advertising or sponsorship matter, whether or not of a commercial kind,but does not include any matter that is wholly related to or connected with any private communication, that is to say —(c)any communication between 2 or more persons that is of a private or domestic nature;(d)any internal communication of a business, Government agency or other organisation for the purpose of the operation of the business, agency or organisation; and(e)communications in such other circumstances as may be prescribed;