Singapore legislation

Regulation 5

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

Regulation 5

Public service message condition

Subregulation 1

For the purpose of section 17 of the Act, a class licensee who provides a licensable broadcasting service described in paragraph 3(1) by transmitting, by signs or signals, any programme (with or without sound) for reception by and for display on any digital display panel situated on the wall of any lift landing, or in any lift, which is common property that —

(a)

is vested in or belonging to the HDB; and

(b)

relates to any building or premises used pursuant to the Planning Act (Cap. 232) wholly for the purpose of human habitation,must include in its licensable broadcasting service, on terms mentioned in sub‑paragraph (2), programmes provided by the Government through the Authority to the class licensee.

Subregulation 2

The terms for the purposes of sub‑paragraph (1) are as follows:

(a)

no subsidy or compensation is payable to the class licensee for any programme provided to the class licensee by the Government through the Authority;

(b)

the display of programmes mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) must make up 50% of the length of each content loop.

Subregulation 3

In determining whether sub‑paragraph (1) applies to a class licensee, the number of networks used by the class licensee is immaterial.

Subregulation 4

To avoid doubt, this paragraph applies in addition to paragraph 4 insofar as that paragraph concerns a class licensee described in sub‑paragraph (1).