Cable Radio and Television Act Article 23

System operators shall not commission the operations to a third party.System operators shall submit application form and operations plan after the change to the central regulatory agency for approval in the event of one of the following:1. Transfer of business or accepting the transfer of business2. Merger with other system operators3. Investment made to other system operators. The same rule applies to investment made through affiliates, where the definition of affiliate shall be refer to the Company ActAfter the merger among system operators, the validity of the operating license shall be calculated based on the validity of surviving entity’s operating license. However, if all of the original system operators are extinguished after the merger, the validity of the new company’s operating license shall be calculated by merged company’s operating license, the one that has a longer validity.While making approval / rejection of the application mentioned in Paragraph 2, the central regulatory agency shall take the requirement of the promotion of effective market competition, protection of consumers’ benefits and rights and other public interests into consideration. The approval / rejection standards shall be enacted by the central regulatory agency.
中文原文 有線廣播電視法第23條
系統經營者不得委託他人經營。
系統經營者有下列情形之一者,應檢具申請書及變更後之營運計畫,向中央主管機關申請核准:
一、讓與營業或受讓營業。
二、與其他系統經營者合併。
三、投資其他系統經營者。
經由與其有公司法所定關係企業之公司投資其他系統經營者,亦同。
系統經營者間合併後,其經營許可執照之有效期間以存續者之經營許可執照有效期間計算。
但參與合併之系統經營者全部消滅,其新設公司經營許可執照之有效期間,以參與合併者之經營許可執照有效期間較長者計算。
中央主管機關為第二項之准駁時,應考量促進市場有效競爭、保障消費者權益及其他公共利益之需要;其准駁標準,由中央主管機關定之。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.