Hong Kong Ordinances

BROADCASTING ORDINANCE - SECT 10

Grant of licence

(1) The Chief Executive in Council may, after considering recommendations made
pursuant to section 9(2), grant a licence under section 8(1) subject to such
conditions as he thinks fit specified in the licence.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the Broadcasting Authority may grant a licence
under section 8(2) subject to such conditions as it thinks fit specified in
the licence.

(3) The Chief Executive in Council, in the case of licences, or a class of
licences, that may be granted under section 8(1) and the
Broadcasting Authority, in the case of licences, or a class of licences, that
may be granted under section 8(2), may by notice in writing specify conditions
to which the licences shall be subject.

(4) The Chief Executive in Council or the Broadcasting Authority, as the case
may require, may, where he or it considers it is in the public interest to do
so, vary a licence at any time during its period of validity after the
licensee has been given a reasonable opportunity to make representations under
subsection (5).

(5) A licensee may make representations to the Broadcasting  Authority in
relation to any proposed variation under subsection (4) and, in the case of a
licence granted by the Chief Executive in Council, the Broadcasting Authority
shall fairly reflect the representations to the Chief Executive in Council.

(6) The Chief Executive in Council or the Broadcasting Authority, as the case
may require, shall consider the representations, if any, made under subsection
(5) before implementing any proposed variation under subsection (4).

(7) A licence or an interest in a licence shall not be transferred in whole or
in part.