Information and Communication Technologies [No. 15 of 2009 121 GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA ACT No. 15 of 2009 Date of Assent: 26th August, 2009 An Act to continue the existence of the Communications Authority and re-name it as the Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority; provide for the regulation of information and communication technology; facilitate access to information and communication technologies; protect the rights and interests of service providers and consumers; repeal the Telecommunications Act, 1994, and the Radiocommunications Act, 1994; and provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing. [28th August, 2009 ENACTED by the Parliament of Zambia. PART I P RELIMINARY I. This Act may be cited as the Information and Communication Technologies Act, 2009, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by statutory instrument, appoint. 2. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires" aircraft station has the meaning assigned to it in the Second Schedule; " amateur radio station " has the meaning assigned to it in the Second Schedule; Authority " means the Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority referred to under section four; " Board means the Board of the Authority constituted under paragraph 1 of the First Schedule; " broadcaster " means a person I icenced to operate a broadcasting service under the Independent Broadcasting Authority Act; Enactment Short title and commencement Interpretation Act No. 17 of 2002