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Ways to pay for a TV Licence. Check if you need a TV Licence. This could include more than 1. Up to 3. Until the end of May, everyone aged over 75 could receive a free TV licence - which they had to apply for - paid for by the UK government. However, this changed at the beginning of June when the BBC became responsible for paying.
The BBC had planned to require most overs to take on the cost at this time, but delayed the change because of coronavirus. Continuing to fund free TV licences for all overs would have resulted in "unprecedented closures". However, a cross-party group of MPs has called for free TV licences to be restored to everyone over the age of The rules apply to any device on which a programme is viewed, including a TV, desktop or laptop computer, mobile phone, tablet or set-top box.
So, for example, someone watching a live football match on a non-BBC channel via a laptop, would still need a TV licence. But a licence fee is not needed to view BBC programmes on other streaming services, like Netflix. It is also fine to watch non-BBC programmes on online catch-up services without a TV licence, as well as viewing clips on sites like YouTube, according to the government website.
There are different rules for people like students away at university , tenants and lodgers , blind people and businesses.
Watching live programmes without a TV licence fee is against the law. In , more than , people were convicted for evasion. A: The Broadcasting Act stipulates that the SABC may require a person who uses a TV set, or a person who is the owner or occupier of any premises on which a television set is used, to furnish such information as may be prescribed or necessary in order to determine whether the Act is being complied with.
If requested, a TV set must be produced for inspection. Information such as receipt numbers, number of television sets, addresses, etc, may also be requested in order to determine the validity of a television licence. Authorised TV Licence Inspectors may enter any premises to carry out an inspection. A: Anyone found in possession of a television set without having a valid TV licence would be liable for payment of the annual licence fee, plus a penalty of double the licence fee.
A: Yes. Public schools are the ONLY educational institutions exempted from the legal requirement of having a television licence. Private schools, universities and other tertiary educational institutions, hospitals, old age or frail-care homes, charities and churches or religious organisations are NOT exempted.
A R Should a licence holder thereafter require such exemption to be extended, written application by way of an affidavit confirming that the applicant still has no TV receiving equipment must be made on an annual basis three months before the end of each licence year. A: What a television set is used for is irrelevant in terms of the legal liability for payment of TV licence fees. The SABC must be notified on a prescribed form affidavit of the changed circumstances. No licence is cancelled while moneys are still outstanding on an account.
A: Unlike private households, businesses pay per TV set used by them. A: A dealer requires a single dealer demonstration licence, covering the television sets on display for sale.
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