Article 7. Competence of the authorized body of the Law On Mass Media

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Authorized body:

1) formulates and implements state policy in the field of mass media;

2) develops and approves regulatory legal acts in the field of mass media in accordance with this Law;

3) carries out registration and re-registration of mass media in accordance with this Law;

4) forms, places and controls the implementation of the state order for the implementation of the state information policy at the national level;

5) provides grants for non-governmental mass media in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

6) carries out state control over compliance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on mass media, except for the cases provided for in subparagraph 4) paragraph 2 of Article 8 of this Law, technical parameters of broadcasting quality and national broadcasting standards;

7) issues instructions upon detection of violations of the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on mass media;

8) carries out an expert examination of the products of foreign television and radio channels that have submitted applications for registration, for compliance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

9) organizes and conducts contests on the allocation of frequency bands, radio frequencies (radio frequency channels) for broadcasting purposes;

10) organizes and conducts competitions for the formation and approval of the list of mandatory television and radio channels and the list of free-access television and radio channels distributed by the national television and radio broadcasting operator;

11) carries out licensing of broadcasting activities in accordance with the procedure established by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Permits and Notifications";

12) determines the number of mandatory TV and radio channels depending on the distribution in multi-channel broadcasting;

13) subsidizes part of the costs of satellite TV and radio broadcasting operators, with the exception of the national TV and radio broadcasting operator, for the sale of satellite receivers;

14) approves the rules for subsidizing part of the costs of satellite TV and radio broadcasting operators, with the exception of the national TV and radio broadcasting operator, for the sale of satellite receivers;

15) develops and approves a methodology for determining the cost of grants for non-governmental mass media;

16) monitors mass media;

17) exercise other powers provided for by this Law, other laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, acts of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

This Law regulates public relations in the field of mass media, establishes their legal basis and is aimed at ensuring the constitutional right to freedom of speech and creativity.

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