Number 36 of 1979

BROADCASTING AUTHORITY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1979

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Number 36 of 1979

BROADCASTING AUTHORITY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1979

Principal Act.

1.—In this Act “the Principal Act” means the Broadcasting Authority Act, 1960.

Increase of limit on repayable advances.

2.—The following paragraph is hereby substituted for paragraph (b) (inserted by the Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act, 1976) of section 23 (2) of the Principal Act:

“(b) shall not exceed twenty-five million pounds in the aggregate,”.

Local broadcasting.

3.—Subsection (1) of section 16 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by—

(a) the insertion after “sound broadcasting service” of “and may establish and maintain local broadcasting services”, and

(b) the substitution of “those purposes” for “that purpose”,

and the said subsection, as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.

TABLE

(1) The Authority shall establish and maintain a national television and sound broadcasting service and may establish and maintain local broadcasting services and shall have all such powers as are necessary for or incidental to those purposes.

Nomination of officer or servant of Authority for membership of or election to either House of Oireachtas.

4.—(1) Where a person who is an officer or servant of the Authority is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann or for election to either House of the Oireachtas, he shall stand seconded from employment by the Authority and shall not be paid by, or be entitled to receive from, the Authority any remuneration or allowance—

(a) in case he is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann, in respect of the period commencing on his acceptance of the nomination and ending when he ceases to be a member of that House,

(b) in case he is nominated for election to either House, in respect of the period commencing on his acceptance of the nomination and ending when he ceases to be a member of that House or fails to be elected or withdraws his candidature, as the case may be.

(2) A person who is for the time being entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein shall, while so entitled, be disqualified from becoming an officer or servant of the Authority.

Short title, construction and collective citation.

5.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act, 1979.

(2) The Broadcasting Authority Acts, 1960 to 1976, and this Act shall be construed together as one Act and may be cited together as the Broadcasting Authority Acts, 1960 to 1979.

Uimhir 36 de 1979

AN tACHT UM ÚDARÁS CRAOLACHÁIN (LEASÚ), 1979

[An tiontú oifigiúil]

An Príomh-Acht.

1.—San Acht seo ciallaíonn “an Príomh-Acht” an tAcht um Údarás Craolacháin, 1960.

Méadú na teorann atá le hairleacain inaisíoctha.

2.—Déantar leis seo an mhír seo a leanas a chur in ionad mhír (b) (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht um Údarás Craolacháin (Leasú), 1976) d'alt 23 (2) den Phríomh-Acht:

“(b) ní bheidh siad níos mó ná fiche is cúig mhilliún punt san iomlán,”.

Craoladh áitiúil.

3.—Leasaítear leis seo fo-alt (1) d'alt 16 den Phríomh-Acht trí—

(a) “agus féadfaidh sé seirbhísí craolta áitiúla a bhunú agus a chothabháil” a chur isteach i ndiaidh “agus fuaimchraolta”, agus

(b) trí “chun na gcríocha sin nó a ghabhfaidh leo” a chur in ionad “chun na críche sin nó a ghabhfaidh léi”,

agus tá an fo-alt sin, arna leasú amhlaidh, leagtha amach sa Tábla a ghabhann leis an alt seo.

Oifigeach nó seirbhíseach don Údarás a ainmniú nó a thoghadh le bheith ina chomhalta de cheachtar Teach den Oireachtas.

4.—(1) I gcás a ndéanfar duine is oifigeach nó seirbhíseach don Údarás a ainmniú mar chomhalta de Sheanad Éireann nó lena thoghadh chun ceachtar Tí den Oireachtas, beidh sé ar iasacht ó fhostaíocht an Údaráis agus ní íocfaidh an tÚdarás leis, ná ní bheidh sé i dteideal go bhfaighidh sé ón Údarás, aon luach saothair ná liúntas—

(a) i gcás é a ainmniú mar chomhalta de Sheanad Éireann, in aghaidh na tréimhse dar tosach an tráth a ghlacfaidh sé leis an ainmniú agus dar críoch an tráth a scoirfidh sé de bheith ina chomhalta den Teach sin,

(b) i gcás é a ainmniú lena thoghadh chun ceachtar Tí, in aghaidh na tréimhse dar tosach an tráth a ghlacfaidh sé leis an ainmniú agus dar críoch an tráth a scoirfidh sé de bheith ina chomhalta den Teach sin nó a chinnfidh toghchán air nó a tharraingeoidh sé siar ó bheith ina iarrthóir, de réir mar a bheidh.

(2) Duine a bheidh de thuras na huaire i dteideal faoi Bhuan-Orduithe cheachtar Tí den Oireachtas suí sa Teach sin beidh sé, fad a bheidh sé i dteideal amhlaidh, dícháilithe chun bheith ina oifigeach nó ina sheirbhíseach don Údarás.

Gearrtheideal, forléiriú agus comhlua.

5.—(1) Féadfar an tAcht um Údarás Craolacháin (Leasú), 1979, a ghairm den Acht seo.

(2) Forléireofar na hAchtanna um Údarás Craolacháin, 1960 go 1976, agus an tAcht seo le chéile mar aon Acht amháin agus féadfar na hAchtanna um Údarás Craolacháin, 1960 go 1979, a ghairm díobh le chéile.