Statutory Instruments
TELEGRAPHS
Made
29th February 1988
Laid before Parliament
10th March 1988
Coming into force
1st April 1988
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949(1), as enacted, and as extended by the Wireless Telegraphy (Channel Islands) Order 1952(2) and the Wireless Telegraphy (Isle of Man) Order 1952(3), and now vested in me(4), I hereby, with the consent of the Treasury, make the following Regulations:
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Broadcast Licence Charges and Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st April 1988.
(2) The Wireless Telegraphy (Broadcast Licence Charges and Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 1985(5) are hereby revoked.
2. Schedules 3 and 4 to the Wireless Telegraphy (Broadcast Licence Charges and Exemption) Regulations 1984(6) shall be amended as follows—
(a)for “£18” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£21”; and
(b)for “£58” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£62.50”(7).
Douglas Hurd
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
26th February 1988
We consent to these Regulations.
Mark Lennox-Boyd
Michael Neubert
Two of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
29th February 1988
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations raise the amount of the basic fee for television licences from £18 to £21 in the case of monochrome and from £58 to £62.50 in the case of colour.