The Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

(2) In these Regulations “the 1991 Regulations” means the Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) Regulations 1991.(1)

(3) Except as provided in regulation 2(2) below, these Regulations extend to the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Amendment of 1991 Regulations

2.—(1) The 1991 Regulations shall be further amended as follows:

(a) in Schedule 2—

(i) for “£28.50” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£30.00”;

(ii) for “£86.50” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£89.50”;

(b) in entry 1 in Schedule 3—

(i) for “£43.26” there shall be substituted “£44.76”;

(ii) for “£21.62” there shall be substituted “£22.37”; and

(c) in entry 2 in Schedule 3—

(i) for “£22.89” there shall be substituted “£23.64”;

(ii) for “£22.87” there shall be substituted “£23.62.”(2)

(2) The 1991 Regulations as they have effect in the United Kingdom, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Isle of Man shall be further amended by substituting for entry 3 in Schedule 3(3) the entry set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Virginia Bottomley

Secretary of State for National Heritage

20th February 1996

We consent to these Regulations

Simon Burns

Michael Bates

Two of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

21st February 1996