Preamble — BROADCASTING ACT

BROADCASTING

CHAPTER 350

BROADCASTING ACT

To make provision for the regulation of all sound and television broadcasting services in

Malta; as well as to provide for the powers, duties and financial resources of the Broadcasting

Authority set up in accordance with the Constitution; to provide for the exercise and

performance by the Authority of functions in addition to those established by the Constitution,

which functions shall include that of issuing licences in respect of radio and television

services in Malta; to make provision in respect of all such powers as may be necessary in

order for the Authority to fulfil its functions in accordance with the Constitution and this Act;

and to make provision in respect of matters ancillary thereto or connected therewith.

1st June, 1991

ACT XII of 1991, as amended by Acts: XIV of 1993, XVI of 1997 and XV of 2000; Legal

Notices 159 and 164 of 2000; Act VI of 2001; Legal Notices 245 of 2001 and 134 of 2002; Act

VII of 2004; Legal Notice 301 of 2005; Act XV of 2006; Legal Notices 69, 254 and 424 of

2007, 174 and 225 of 2008, and 348 of 2009; Act VIII of 2009; Legal Notices 321 and 322 of

2010; and Acts IV of 2010, VIII of 2011, XXXII of 2014, VII of 2015 , XLII of 2016 and XVI of

2018 and LVI of 2020 and Legal Notice 175 of 2025.

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