Broadcasting Act

Marginal note:Binding on Her Majesty

• 4 (1) This Act is binding on Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province.

• Marginal note:Application generally

  (2) This Act applies in respect of broadcasting undertakings carried on in whole or in part within Canada or on board

  • (a) any ship, vessel or aircraft that is

    • (i) registered or licensed under an Act of Parliament, or

    • (ii) owned by, or under the direction or control of, Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province;

  • (b) any spacecraft that is under the direction or control of

    • (i) Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province,

    • (ii) a citizen or resident of Canada, or

    • (iii) a corporation incorporated or resident in Canada; or

  • (c) any platform, rig, structure or formation that is affixed or attached to land situated in the continental shelf of Canada.

• Marginal note:For greater certainty

  (3) For greater certainty, this Act applies in respect of broadcasting undertakings whether or not they are carried on for profit or as part of, or in connection with, any other undertaking or activity.

• Marginal note:Idem

  (4) For greater certainty, this Act does not apply to any telecommunications common carrier, as defined in the Telecommunications Act, when acting solely in that capacity.

• Marginal note:Operators of digital news intermediaries

  (5) For greater certainty, this Act does not apply to the operator of a digital news intermediary in respect of which the Online News Act applies when the operator acts solely in that capacity. In this subsection, digital news intermediary and operator have the same meanings as in subsection 2(1) of that Act.