Interpretation

For the purpose of this Act, “Authority” means the Belize Broadcasting Authority established under section 3 (1) of this Act; “Board” means the Board of Directors established under section 3(3) of this Act; means any form of unidirectional telecommunications, whether encrypted or not, for reception by the general public or a part of it, and includes, (a) any program capable of being received, or received and displayed, as visual images, whether moving or still; (b) any sound program for reception; (c) any program being a combination of both visual image (whether moving or still) and sound for reception, or reception and display; and “broadcast” shall be construed accordingly; 5 “licence” means a licence issued to a person permitting that person to operate a radio station or television station; “licensee” means the holder of a licence; “Minister” means Minister responsible for broadcasting; “radio station” means, (a) a station for transmission, by means of radio waves, of matter designed for aural reception by the general public; or (b) a station for transmission, by means of a wired network connecting a transmitting instrument to a number of receiving instruments, of matter designed for aural reception by the general public, and includes the studio, transmitting station and technical equipment provided for use in connection with the transmission; “radio waves” means any electromagnetic waves of frequencies less than 3000 GHz propagated in space without artificial guide; “Secretary” means the person for the time being performing the functions of secretary to the Board; “telecommunications” means the transmission, emission, or reception of signs, signals, writings, images and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, optical or any other electromagnetic system; “television station” means, (for on air) (a) a station for the transmission by means of radio waves of fixed or moving images and 6 associated sound designed for reception by the general public or a part of it; (for cable) (b) a station for the transmission by means of a wired or guided network connecting a transmitting instrument to a number of television receivers for reception by the general public or a part of it; and includes the studio, transmitting station and technical equipment used for the purposes of such transmission.