The Wireless Telegraphy (Broadcast Licence Charges and Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 1989

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Broadcast Licence Charges and Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 20th February 1989.

2.  The Wireless Telegraphy (Broadcast Licence Charges and Exemption) Regulations 1984(1) shall be amended as follows:

(a) after regulation 5(2) there shall be inserted–

“(2A) On the issue of a television receiving licence of a type and description specified in Schedule 5 the licensee shall pay the issue fee of the amount specified in that Schedule and thereafter such instalment fees as are so specified.”; and

(b) after Schedule 4 there shall be inserted–

Regulation 5(2A)

“SCHEDULE 5 FEES FOR INSTALMENT LICENCES

1.  Type of Licence: Standard Instalment Television Licence (including colour).

Description of Licence: A licence to instal and use black and white or colour television receiving apparatus at the single place specified in the licence, or (as the case may be) in the single vehicle or vessel specified in the licence.

Issue Fee: £31.24.

Instalment Fees: Two payments of £15.62, the first payable during the month after issue, the second three months after issue.

2.  Type of Licence: Premium Instalment Television Licence (including colour).

Description of Licence: A licence to instal and use black and white or colour television receiving apparatus at the single place specified in the licence, or (as the case may be) in the single vehicle or vessel specified in the licence.

Issue Fee: £16.87.

Instalment Fees: Three payments of £16.87, the first payable three months, the second six months and the third nine months, after issue.”.

Douglas Hurd

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

20th January 1989

We consent to these Regulations

David Maclean

David Lightbown

Two of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

24th January 1989