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IRIS 2000-8:1/17 [SK] Act on Radio and Television Broadcasting Amended

The most recent amendment of Act No. 468/1991 o prevádzkovaní rozhlasového a televízneho vysielania (Act on Pursuing of Radio and Television Broadcasting) has been published on 20 June 2000. The adoption of this amendment comes only three months before the expected passing of a completely new Act on broadcasting and retransmission. The Zakon 227/2000 ktor 'ym sa mení zákon 468/1991 v znení neskorsích predpisov a zákon c. 81/1966 v znení neskorsích predpisov (Act No. 227/2000 to amend the Act No. 468/1991 and Act No. 81/1966 on Periodical Press) is the thirteenth modification of the Radio and Television...

IRIS 2000-7:1/35 [SK] Act on Access to Information Passed

On 17 May 2000, the Slovak Parliament adopted the Act on Free Access to Information. A group of Slovak parliament members had submitted the draft of this Lex specialis last year. It was aimed at transposing the main philosophy of the principle of the right to informationas enshrined in Chapter III/Political Rights, Article 26 of Ústava Slovenskej republiky (the Constitution of Slovakia) and in the Act No. 460/1992 Collection of Laws - into the relations of the public with state administrative and self-governmental bodies. "Everyone has the right to seek information and to disseminate it freely....

IRIS 2000-6:1/29 [SK] Act on Telecommunications Passed

At the 31 session on 17 May 2000 Slovak Parliament, adopted the new Act on Telecommunications, which replaces the Zákon o telekomunikáciách v znení neskorsích predpisov (1964 Act on Telecommunication No. 110/1964 of Collection of Laws, as amended by later regulations;) and sets the conditions for the liberalisation of the telecommunications services and infrastructure. Moreover, the Act establishes an independent regulatory body that is mainly funded through licensing fees. The regulatory authority is authorised to grant licenses for telecommunications services, to regulate limited resources, to...

IRIS 1999-8:1/14 [SK] Change in Legislation related to Radio and Television Broadcasting

Some issues relating to the mechanism of generating and collecting radio and television fees were regulated by Act No. 188/1999 of 6 July 1999 which has amended several provisions of the Act No. 212/1995 o koncesionárskych poplatkoch (on Radio and Television Fees) as amended and the Act on Pursuing of Radio and Television Broadcasting. The amended provisions define the group of legal and natural persons that are charged for broadcasting services and the group of persons receiving these services free of charge. The bodies entitled to collect radio and televisions fees are the Slovak Radio and Slovak...

IRIS 1999-2:1/20 [SK] National Council Adopts Amendments to Acts on Slovak Television and Slovak Radio

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...