Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act, 1993
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Provision as to membership of the Authority. |
7.—(1) The Broadcasting Authority Act, 1960 , is hereby amended— | |
(a) in section 4, by the insertion after subsection (1) of the following subsection: | ||
“(1A) (a) Where the number of members of the Authority for the time being is 7, not less than 3 of them shall be men and not less than 3 of them shall be women. | ||
(b) Where the number of members of the Authority for the time being is 8 or 9, not less than 4 of them shall be men and not less than 4 of them shall be women.”; | ||
(b) in section 10, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (5): | ||
“(5) The Authority may act notwithstanding one or more vacancies among its members (including one or more vacancies that result in subsection (1A) (inserted by the Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act, 1993) of section 4 of this Act not being complied with).”. | ||
(2) This section shall come into operation on the 1st day of June, 1995, or such earlier day as the Minister may appoint by order. |