Television
[1989 Ed.
PART IV
BROADCASTING TECHNICAL CONDITIONS
18. Transmission requirements
(1) A licensee shall, within such time as may be specified in its licence, broadcast in such a manner as to enable its transmissions to be received to the satisfaction of the Broadcasting Authority in all parts of Hong Kong.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Broadcasting Authority may, on the application of a licensee, exempt the licensee from complying with subsection (1) in respect of broadcasts to any specified area of Hong Kong during any period specified by the Broadcasting Authority.
(3) A licensee shall publish, in such manner as the Broadcasting Authority may direct, notification of the commencement dates for broadcasting its programmes and the areas of Hong Kong within which its transmissions may be received satisfactorily.
(4) (a) A licensee shall, and shall only, transmit a broadcast in accordance with a transmission plan which for the time being is prepared for the purposes of this subsection by the Telecommunications Authority.
(b) A plan referred to in paragraph (a) may in particular include all or any of the following, namely, frequencies on, or within the limits of which, television broadcasts may be transmitted, the power or the maximum or minimum power at which such broadcasts are to be transmitted, provisions relating to the location of transmitters used to transmit such broadcasts (including provisions prohibiting the location of such transmitters in specified places or in places which are of a specified class or description), provisions requiring or prohibiting the use of specified antenna radiation patterns in the transmission either of such broadcasts in general or of such broadcasts which are of a specified class or description and provisions specifying the height or the maximum or minimum height of antennae used in such transmission. (Replaced 72 of 1988 s. 15)
(5) A licensee shall not activate, energise or otherwise operate any transmitter or antenna system otherwise than in accordance with a condition attached to the relevant licence. (Added 72 of 1988 s. 15)
(6) A condition which relates to the matters referred to in subsection (5) shall not be attached to a licence unless the terms of the condition have previously been approved of by the Telecommunications Authority, and approvals under this subsection may be given by the Telecommunications Authority either as regards transmitters or antenna systems generally or as regards particular transmitters or antenna systems.