Slovakia

[SK] National Council Adopts Amendments to Acts on Slovak Television and Slovak Radio

IRIS 1999-2:1/20

Jarmila Grujbárová

Council of Slovakia for Radio and Television Broadcasting

On 9 November 1998 Act No. 335/1998 came into force, changing and amending Act No. 254/1991 on Slovak Television and Act No. 255/1991 on Slovak Radio.

The changes and amendments relate to the bodies of both institutions, which guarantee programme independence for broadcasters the Council of Slovak Television and the Council of Slovak Radio. According to the amended Acts, the Councils will operate for a period of four years once their members have been appointed. The second major amendment concerns the duty of the National Council of the Slovak Republic to elect new Council members within a period of 60 days in the event of a Council member renouncing membership during his term of office or being excluded from membership. Section 15a contains another amendment, which stipulates that the term of office of those Council members who were elected under the previous rules shall end with the coming into force of the amended Act.