Amendment of section 20.
Addition of Section 20A.
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faction within such area and within such time as he may specify.".
II. Section 20 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting subsections (2) and (3) and substituting the following--
"(2) The Television Authority may, on the advice of the Telecommunications Authority, issue from time to time Codes of Practice relating to the technical standards of broadcasts required to be maintained by licensees.".
12. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding the following after section 20—
"Transmis- sion facilities.
20A. (1) The Television Authority may, on the advice of the Board, direct any licensee-
(a) to provide such broadcast transmission equipment, buildings and other facilities as he may specify at each transmitted or trans- lator site from which the licensee is transmit- ting, or intends to transmit, its broadcasts; (b) to co-ordinate and co-operate, in such manner as the Television Authority may specify, with any other licensee or any other person specified by the Television Authority in the use of any broadcast transmission equipment. buildings or other facilities pro- vided at any transmitter or translator site, regardless of whether the broadcast transmis- sion equipment, buildings or other facilities have been provided, or are intended to be provided by the licensee or any other licensee or any other person specified by the Television Authority.
(2) A licensee may be required-
(a) by a direction given by the Television
Authority under subsection (D); or
(b) by a term or condition inserted in its licence
for that purpose.
to contribute to the expenses incurred by any other licensee in connexion with the development, installa- tion and maintenance of any shared transmission facility.".
13. Sections 21 and 22 of the principal Ordinance are repealed Repeal and and replaced by the following-
"Inspection and testing of technical equipment.
21. (1) The Telecommunications Authority or any person authorized by him in this behalf may, at any reasonable time, inspect and test any equipment used, or intended to be used, by a licensee for the production or transmission of any television pro- gramme for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the licensee is complying at all times with the technical requirements of this Ordinance, any regula- tions made thereunder, any Code of Practice and the conditions of its licence in respect of the production and transmission of television programmes.
(2) The directors, employees and servants of a licensee shall, for the purpose of any inspection or test under subsection (1)
(a) make available on request to the Tele- communications Authority or any person authorized by him for the purpose of the inspection or test and permit to be inspected and tested any part of its equipment used, or intended to be used, for the production or Icansmission of any television programme: and
(b) assist the Telecommunications Authority or such authorized person in carrying out the inspection or test in any manner specified by him: and
(c) answer directly and truthfully any questions put to them by the Telecommunications Authority or such authorized person.
(3) The decision of the Telecommunications Authority that a licensee is failing, or has failed at any time, to comply with any technical requirement of this Ordinance, any regulation made thereunder, any Code of Practice or any condition of his licence in respect of the production or transmission of tele- vision programmes shall be final.
(4) Nothing in subsection (2) shall oblige any person to answer any question put to him under that subsection which might incriminate him or which he is unable to answer from his own knowledge or from information reasonably available to bim.
replacement of sections 21 and 22.