Cap. 350 Art. 16IFreedom of reception and re- transmission.

(1) Except as provided in this Act:

(a) freedom of reception is guaranteed; and

(b) freedom of retransmission in Malta of audiovisual media services from other Member States for reasons which fall within the fields coordinated by the Directive is guaranteed.

(2) The Minister may make regulations to derogate from the provisions of sub-article (1) which are consistent with the provisions of the Directive provided that the conditions mentioned in article 2a of the Directive are fulfilled.