120 No. 28743 Act No. 36, 2005 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18 APRIL 2006 ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ACT, 2005 No. and year of Act Short Title Extent of repeal or amendment Act 63 of 1996 Sentech Act, 1996 1. Amendment of section 1— (a) by the substitution for the definition of ‘‘broadcasting licensee’’ of the following definition: ‘‘broadcasting service licensee’’ means broadcasting service licensee as defined in section 1 of the Electronic Communications Act; (b) by the substitution for definition of ‘‘broadcasting signal distribution’’ of the following definition: ‘‘broadcasting signal distribution’’ means the process whereby the output signal of a broadcasting service is taken from the point of origin, being the point where such signal is made available in its final content format, from where it is conveyed, to any broadcast target area, by means of an electronic communications process and multi-channel distribution; (c) by the insertion of the following definitions: (i) ‘‘Broadcasting Act’’ means the Broadcasting Act, 1999 (Act No. 4 of 1999); (ii) ‘‘Electronic Communications Act’’ means the Electronic Communications Act, 2005; (iii) ‘‘ICASA Act’’ means the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Act, 2000 (Act No. 13 of 2000); (iv) ‘‘related legislation’’ means the Broadcasting Act, Electronic Communications Act and the ICASA Act; (d) by the deletion of the definition of ‘‘Independent Broadcasting Authority Act’’; 2. Substitution for section 5 of the following section: ‘‘Main object and business of Company 5. The main object and business of the Company shall be to provide electronic communications services and electronic communications network services in accordance with the Electronic Communications Act. 3. Insertion of the following section after section 8: ‘‘Application of Electronic Communications Act 8A. (1) The Electronic Communications Act shall apply in relation to this Act, the Broadcasting Act and the ICASA Act and any other legislation applicable to broadcasting or electronic communications. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60