PART 2TV licence fees
Concessions for persons aged 75 years or more6
1
No fee shall be payable for a TV licence of a type referred to in the first or second entry in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 where—
a
the licence is issued to a person aged 75 years or more or to a person who will attain that age in the calendar month in which the licence is issued; and
b
the single place, vehicle, vessel or caravan specified in the licence is the sole or main residence of that person.
2
Paragraph (1) only applies where the residence referred to in that paragraph is in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or the Bailiwick of Guernsey (but excluding Sark).
3
Where a TV licence of the type referred to in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 is issued in respect of accommodation for residential care, in calculating the fee payable no account shall be taken of any unit of accommodation or, as the case may be, residential care dwelling that is the sole or main residence of a resident who is aged 75 years or more on the date on which the licence is issued.
4
In paragraph (3), the expressions “accommodation for residential care”, “resident” and “residential care dwelling” shall have the meanings given to them by Part 2 of Schedule 4.
5
Paragraph (3) only applies where the accommodation to which the licence relates is in the United Kingdom.