Second Authority for Television and Radio Law, 5750-1990

In this Law –

"studio" – a place in which programmes intended for broadcasting are produced, including production equipment;

"zone" – a geographic area whose boundaries were determined in a radio broadcasting franchise;

"means of control", in a corporation – any of the following:

"holder of a television broadcasting franchise" – (Repealed);

"franchise holder" – (deleted);

"interested party" – one who holds five per cent or more of a particular class of means of control in a corporation, and in a company whose securities have been offered to the public and are traded on a stock exchange – one who holds more than ten per cent, or one who serves therein as a director or general manager;

"directly or indirectly" – including jointly with others acting in cooperation among themselves pursuant to an agreement in writing or orally, and including by virtue of holding or acquisition by an agent or trustee, a trust company or a registration company, or through one or more affiliated corporations of any of these, or in any other manner;

"holding" or "acquisition", in relation to means of control in a corporation – whether directly or indirectly; for this purpose –

"the Committee" – the Economics Committee of the Knesset;

"the Council" – the Authority's Council appointed pursuant to section 7;

"the Director" – the Director General of the Authority appointed pursuant to section 25;

"linkage differentials and interest", "index" and "arrears interest" – as their meaning under the Interest and Price Indexation Law, 5721-1961;

"the Authority" – the Second Authority for Television and Radio established pursuant to this Law;

"the Minister" – the Minister of Communications;

"television broadcasting franchise" – a franchise granted pursuant to this Law for the conduct of television broadcasting;

"radio broadcasting franchise" – a franchise granted pursuant to this Law for the conduct of radio broadcasting by the analogue method;

"broadcasting franchise" – a radio broadcasting franchise or a television broadcasting franchise;

"franchise for the operation of a broadcasting station" – a franchise granted pursuant to this Law for the establishment, maintenance and operation of a broadcasting station, for the purpose of distributing the radio broadcasts of a holder of a digital radio broadcasting licence;

"affiliated corporation" – a corporation in which a person holds more than ten per cent of a particular class of means of control, and also a corporation in which a person has invested an amount exceeding ten per cent or more of the corporation's capital, whether in shares or in any other manner, excluding a loan given in the ordinary course of business;

"the news company" – each of the news companies established pursuant to Section D of Chapter IV;

"registration company" – a company whose sole business is holding securities on behalf of others;

"Broadcasting Authority Law" – (deleted);

"Public Broadcasting Law" – the Israeli Public Broadcasting Law, 5774-2014;

"Communications Law" – the Communications Law (Telecommunications and Broadcasting), 5742-1982;

"Penal Law" – Penal Law, 5737-1977;

"Economic Competition Law" – the Economic Competition Law, 5748-1988;

"broadcasting unit" – as its meaning in section 54;

"the transition date" – the 19th of Tevet 5773 (1 January 2013), or a later date set by the Minister by Order, in accordance with the provisions of section 33c;

"broadcasting licensee" – a holder of a broadcasting licence or a holder of a broadcasting franchise;

"the commencement date of Amendment No. 32" – the 12th of Shevat 5770 (27 January 2010);

"Israeli film" – as its meaning in the rules set by the Council;

"Channel 2" and "the Third Channel" – as their meaning in section 54;

"the Knesset Channel" – as defined in section 2 of the Knesset Channel Broadcasting Law, 5764-2003;

"Wireless Telegraph Ordinance" – the Wireless Telegraph Ordinance [New Version], 5732-1972;

"relative" – spouse, sibling, parent, descendant or descendant of the spouse, or the spouse of any of these;

"television broadcasting licence" – a licence granted pursuant to this Law for the conduct of television broadcasting;

"digital radio broadcasting licence" – a licence granted pursuant to this Law for the conduct of radio broadcasting by the digital method;

"analogue radio broadcasting licence" – a licence granted pursuant to this Law for the conduct of radio broadcasting by the analogue method, without geographic restriction;

"broadcasting licence" – a digital radio broadcasting licence, an analogue radio broadcasting licence or a television broadcasting licence;

"satellite uplink station licence" – a licence granted pursuant to section 4 of the Communications Law for the establishment, maintenance and operation of a satellite uplink station;

"Broadcasting Authority" – (deleted);

"broadcasts" – radio and television broadcasts made available to the public, pursuant to this Law;

"news broadcasts" – broadcasts of news editions and news journals;

"television broadcasts" – television broadcasts made available to the public and distributed by wireless means including by satellite, excluding an encrypted broadcast whose reception is conditional on payment;

"radio broadcasts" – broadcasts of audio programmes made available for broadcasting and distributed by wireless means, including by satellite;

"control" – as defined in the Securities Law, 5728-1968, and in addition to what is stated therein, a person shall be presumed to control a corporation if any one of the following applies to him:

"public broadcasting corporation" – as defined in the Public Broadcasting Law;

"satellite uplink station" – an installation or device serving or intended to serve for the purpose of uplinking to a satellite the broadcasts of a holder of a digital radio broadcasting licence, excluding a studio;

"broadcasting station" – an installation or device serving or intended to serve for the purposes of broadcasts, their reception or distribution, including satellite equipment and excluding a satellite uplink station or a studio;

"Amendment No. 32" – the Second Authority for Television and Radio Law (Amendment No. 32), 5770-2010;

"Amendment No. 33" – the Second Authority for Television and Radio Law (Amendment No. 33), 5771-2011;

"Amendment No. 37" – the Second Authority for Television and Radio Law (Amendment No. 37), 5773-2012;

"Amendment No. 39" – the Second Authority for Television and Radio Law (Amendment No. 39), 5775-2015;

"elite genre programme" – as defined in the First Schedule;

"the first franchise period" –

for the purposes of Channel 2 – the period ending on the 5th of Heshvan 5764 (31 October 2003);

for the purposes of the Third Channel – the period ending at the conclusion of eight years from the day on which broadcasting thereon commenced;

"advertising spot" – a commercial advertising broadcast as its meaning in Chapter VI.

The Second Authority for Television and Radio is hereby established.

The Authority is a corporation.

The place of domicile of the Authority and its institutions and of the news company is Jerusalem.

The Authority shall be an audited body as its meaning in section 9(2) of the State Comptroller Law, 5718-1958 [Consolidated Version] (hereinafter – the State Comptroller Law).

Broadcasts shall be conducted by broadcasting licensees and at their expense alone.

A member of the Council shall act in the fulfilment of his function with fairness, loyalty and without bias.

The Second Authority for Television and Radio (Remuneration) Regulations, 5754-1999 have been published.

The Second Authority for Television and Radio (Advisory Committee for the Examination of the Field of Television Broadcasting in Israel) Rules, 5773-2013 have been published.

One-third of the members of the Council may request a renewed deliberation in the plenary of the Council on a decision taken by a sub-committee.

The existence of the Council, its powers and the validity of its decisions shall not be affected by reason of a vacancy in the seat of a member of the Council, or by reason of a defect in the appointment or continuation of tenure of a member, provided that the number of members of the Council has not fallen below two-thirds.

he shall warn the Council in a written notice sent to the chairperson of the Council that if the Council does not fulfil its obligations within a period he shall prescribe, he will propose to the Government to dissolve the Council.