Statute Law Compilation and Revision (Correction of Broadcasting Services Amendment Act, 2025), Notice, 2025
The Law Reviser has corrected textual errors in section 5 of the Broadcasting Services Amendment Act — "broadcasting licence" becomes "licence" and "system" becomes "subscription".
Acting under section 11C of the Statute Law Compilation and Revision Act, the Law Reviser has corrected textual errors in the Broadcasting Services Amendment Act, 2025 (No. 2 of 2025) as gazetted.
The correction affects section 5 of that Act, which amends section 7 of the Broadcasting Services Act. In subsection (2), the phrase "broadcasting licence" is replaced with "licence", and the word "system" is replaced with "subscription".
The explanatory note states plainly that the object is to correct textual errors in the Act as gazetted. Small as they are, the changes alter the scope of the provision — "licence" is wider than "broadcasting licence", and "subscription" points at subscription services rather than systems — so practitioners working from the gazetted Act should read it with this notice.
The correction was published on 27 June 2025, before the Act was brought into operation on 15 July 2025 by S.I. 73 of 2025.
What changed
- In section 5(2) of the Broadcasting Services Amendment Act, "broadcasting licence" is corrected to "licence"
- In the same provision, "system" is corrected to "subscription"
- The corrections apply to the Act as gazetted, before its commencement on 15 July 2025
Who this affects
- Broadcasting and subscription service licensees
- The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe
- Legal practitioners working from the gazetted Act
- Law publishers and the Law Reviser's office
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