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BILL NO.

1 OF 2023 A BILL FOR AN ACT TO REPEAL THE MEDIA INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT ACT 2010 AND FOR RELATED MATTERS ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji— Short title and commencement 1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Media Industry Development (Repeal) Act 2023.

(2) This Act comes into force on a date or dates appointed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.

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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— Interpretation “Authority” means the Media Industry Development Authority established under section 3 of the Media Industry Development Act 2010; and “Ministry” means the Ministry responsible for the administration of this Act.

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The Media Industry Development Act 2010 is repealed.

Repeal 2 Continuation of proceedings 4.


Any action, arbitration, proceeding or cause of action that, immediately before the commencement of this Act, is pending or in favour of the Authority, or to which the Authority is a party, may be prosecuted and, without amendment to any writ, pleading or other document, continued and enforced against or in favour of the Ministry.
5.—(1) The Electoral Act 2014 is amended by— Consequential amendments (a) in section 2— (i) in the definition of “media” and “media organisation”, deleting “as defined under the Media Industry Development Act 2010”; and (ii) deleting the definition of “Media Industry Development Authority”; and (b) in section 118— (i) in subsection (2), deleting “obtain the prior approval of the Media Industry Development Authority to”; and (ii) deleting subsection (3).
(2) The Television and Online Streaming Act 1992 is amended by deleting sections 4A and 9B.

(3) The Financial Management (Responsible Authority) Regulations 2019 is amended in the Schedule in item 9 by deleting the row in relation to the Media Industry Development Authority.
Media Industry Development (Repeal)— of 2023 3 Office of the Attorney-General Suvavou House Suva April 2023 MEDIA INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT (REPEAL) BILL 2023 –––––––– EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Bill and is intended only to indicate its general effect) 1.0 1.1 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 3.0 3.1 BACKGROUND The Media Industry Development (Repeal) Bill 2023 (‘Bill’) seeks to repeal the Media Industry Development Act 2010 (‘Act’).
CLAUSES Clause 1 of the Bill provides for the short title and commencement.

If passed by Parliament, the new legislation will come into force on a date or dates appointed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.

Clause 2 of the Bill sets out definitions of the terms used throughout the Bill.

Clause 3 of the Bill repeals the Act.


Clause 4 of the Bill provides for any action, arbitration, proceeding or cause of action pending against or in favour of the Authority to continue against or in favour of the Ministry responsible for the administration of the new legislation.
Clause 5 of the Bill provides for consequential amendments to the following laws to cater for the repeal of the Act— (a) Electoral Act 2014; (b) Television and Online Streaming Act 1992; and (c) Financial Management (Responsible Authority) Regulations 2019.

MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY The new legislation comes under the responsibility of the Attorney-General.

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