CONSOLIDATION

Broadcasting Information Regulations, 1993

SOR/93-420

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OFFICIAL STATUS OF CONSOLIDATIONS Subsections 31(1) and (3) of the Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act, in force on June 1, 2009, provide as follows: Published consolidation is evidence

31 (1) Every copy of a consolidated statute or consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act in either print or electronic form is evidence of that statute or regulation and of its contents and every copy purporting to be published by the Minister is deemed to be so published, unless the contrary is shown. ... Inconsistencies in regulations

(3) In the event of an inconsistency between a consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act and the original regulation or a subsequent amendment as registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council under the Statutory Instruments Act, the original regulation or amendment prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.

LAYOUT The notes that appeared in the left or right margins are now in boldface text directly above the provisions to which they relate. They form no part of the enactment, but are inserted for convenience of reference only.

NOTE This consolidation is current to June 20, 2022. The last amendments came into force on September 1, 2011. Any amendments that were not in force as of June 20, 2022 are set out at the end of this document under the heading “Amendments Not in Force”.

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TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulations Respecting Broadcasting Information Requirements 1

Short Title

Submission of Information

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Registration SOR/93-420 August 6, 1993

BROADCASTING ACT Broadcasting Information Regulations, 1993

Whereas, pursuant to subsection 10(3) of the Broad‐ casting Act*, a copy of the proposed Regulations respecting broadcasting information requirements, substantially in the form annexed hereto, was published in the Canada Gazette Part I on July 3, 1993 and a reasonable opportunity was thereby given to licensees and other interested persons to make representations to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission with respect thereto; Therefore, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, pursuant to subsection 10(1) of the Broadcasting Act*, hereby makes the annexed Regulations respecting broadcasting information requirements. Hull, Quebec, August 5, 1993

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S.C. 1991, c. 11

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Regulations Respecting Broadcasting Information Requirements

Short Title 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Broadcasting

Information Regulations, 1993.

Submission of Information 2 (1) Subject to section 3, on or before November 30 of

each year, a licensee that charges a fee to subscribers or to another licensee that charges a fee to subscribers shall submit to the Commission a statement of accounts, on the annual return of broadcasting licensee form, for the year ending on the previous August 31. (2) At the request of the Commission, a licensee shall respond to (a) any complaint or request for resolution of a dispute filed by any person or any request for information regarding the programming originated or distributed by the licensee or regarding the licensee’s technical operations, subscribership, financial affairs or ownership; and (b) any request for information regarding the licensee’s adherence to the conditions of its licence, the Act, these Regulations, industry standards, practices or codes or any other self-regulatory mechanism of the industry. (3) In this section, subscriber means (a) a household of one or more persons, whether occupying a single-unit dwelling or a unit in a multipleunit dwelling, to which service is provided directly or indirectly by the holder of a licence, as defined in section 2 of the Broadcasting Act; or (b) the owner or operator of any hotel, hospital, nursing home or other commercial or institutional premises to which service is provided by the holder of a licence, as defined in section 2 of the Broadcasting Act. SOR/96-414, s. 1; SOR/2011-147, s. 12.

3 Any licensee that is required by any other regulation

made under the Broadcasting Act to submit to the Commission any information requested on the form referred

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Broadcasting Information Regulations, 1993 Submission of Information Section 3

to in subsection 2(1) or on any matter referred to in subsection 2(2) is not required to submit the information to the Commission pursuant to that subsection.

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