Independent Broadcasting Authority [No. 17 of 2002 337 GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA ACT No. 17 of 2002 Date of Assent: 31st December, 2002 An Act to establish the Independent Broadcasting Authority and to define its functions; to provide for the control and regulation of broadcasting and diffusion services; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing. [31st December, 2002 ENACTED by the Parliament of Zambia. Enactment PARTI PRELIMINARY 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Independent Broadcasting Authority Act, 2002. Short title and commencement (2) This Act shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by statutory instrument, appoint, provided that the Minister shall not appoint a day that is later than six months after the enactment of the Act. (3) Where a day is not appointed under subsection (2), the Act shall be deemed to come into force on the date of expiration of the period referred to in that subsection. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires — " appointments committee " means an appointments committee appointed under section eight, " Authority "means the Independent Broadcasting Authority established by section/oMr; " Board " means the Board of the Authority constituted under section seven; " broadcasting " means the distribution of television or radio, by means of terrestrial or satellite Interpretation