THE BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT, 1993 (No. 6 of 1993) ____________ REGULATIONS ____________ (Made under section 27) ____________ THE BROADCASTING SERVICES (CONTENT) REGULATIONS, 2005 PART I PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS Citation 1. These regulations may be cited as the Broadcasting Services (Content) Regulations, 2005. Application 2. These Regulations shall apply in relation to Broadcasting Services. Interpretation Act Nos.6 of 1993and 12 of 2003 3. In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires: “Act” means the Broadcasting Services Act, 1993 and the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority Act, 2003; “adult listening or viewing period” means the time devoted to broadcasting programmes suitable for adults that is the period between 2100 hours and 0530 hours; “advertising content” means any commercial message and programming which directly or indirectly promotes a product or service a station, network or programme but does not include(a) station identification; (b) announcements of upcoming programme; (c) a programme that consists of public service announcements. “Authority” means the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority; “broadcasting service” means a radiocommunication service that may include sound transmission and television transmission which the transmission are intended for direct reception by the general public, which has huge political, economic, social and cultural impact; “content services” means service offered for sound, data, text or images whether still or moving except where transmitted on private communication; “construction permit” means the authorization granted by the Authority to an applicant whose application for the provision of broadcasting services 3