Singapore legislation

Regulation 3

of Broadcasting (Class Licence — Broadcasting to Digital Display Panels) Notification 2020

Regulation 3

Class licence

Subregulation 1

Unless exempt by or under section 60 of the Act or excluded by sub‑paragraph (2), every person who provides, in the course of business, any licensable broadcasting service in or from Singapore comprising transmission by signs or signals of any programme (with or without sound) for reception by and for display on —

(a)

2 or more digital display panels each situated in a public place in Singapore; or

(b)

2 or more digital display panels each installed within a public passenger transport vehicle,is subject to a class licence in connection with that broadcasting service.

Subregulation 2

Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who provides, in the course of business, any licensable broadcasting service in or from Singapore any programme (with or without sound) solely for reception by and for display on a digital display panel (even if in a public place or public passenger transport vehicle) that is under the control (temporary or otherwise) or management of a person who —

(a)

is granted a licence under section 6 of the Films Act (Cap. 107) authorising the person to publicly exhibit any film in the course of business involving that digital display panel; (b)is subject to a class licence under the Films (Class Licence for Video Games Distribution) Order 2019 (G.N. No. S 342/2019) authorising the person to distribute and publicly exhibit any video game in the course of business involving that digital display panel;

(c)

is exempt from section 21(1) of the Films Act in respect of the public exhibition using that digital display panel of any exempt video game by reason of the Films (Classification — Exempt Video Games) Notification 2019 (G.N. No. S 339/2019); or

(d)

is the holder of a public entertainment licence granted under the Public Entertainments Act, or is exempt from that Act, in respect of the provision of public entertainment involving that digital display panel.