Wireless Telegraphy (Broadcast Licence Charges and Exemption) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1989

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1989/325
Year1989

1989No. 325

TELEGRAPHS

The Wireless Telegraphy (Broadcast Licence Charges and

Exemption) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1989

3rdMarch1989

9thMarch1989

1stApril1989

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 ( a) , as enacted, and as extended by the Wireless Telegraphy (Channel Islands) Order 1952 ( b) and the Wireless Telegraphy (Isle of Man) Order 1952 ( c) , and now vested in me ( d) , 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 No. 2) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st April 1989.

(2) The Wireless Telegraphy (Broadcast Licence Charges and Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 ( e) are hereby revoked.

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

(a) in regulation 6, for "£1.50" there shall be substituted "£2" ;(b) in Schedule 3-(i) for "£21" in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted "£22" ,(ii) for "£62.50" in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted "£66" ( g) , and(iii) for "£1.50" in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted "£2.50" ;(c) in Schedule 4-(i) for "£21" there shall be substituted "£22" , and(ii) for "£62.50" there shall be substituted "£66" ( g) and (d) in Schedule 5 ( h)-

(a) 1949 c.54.

(b) S.I. 1952/1900.

(c) S.I. 1952/1899.

(d) 1969 c.48; Ss.I. 1969/1369, 1371, 1974/691.

(e) S.I. 1988/376.

(f) S.I. 1984/1053.

(g) £21 and £62.50 are as substituted by S.I. 1988/376.

(h) Schedule 5 was inserted by S.I. 1989/96.

(i) for "£31.24" there shall be substituted "£33.00" ,(ii) for "£15.62" there shall be substituted "£16.50" , and(iii) for "£16.87" in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted "£17.75" .

Douglas Hurd

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

2nd March

We consent to these Regulations.

Kenneth Carlisle

Alan Howarth

3rd March 1989

Two of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations raise the amount of the basic fee for television licences from £21 to £22 in the case of monochrome and from £62.50 to £66 in the case of colour. They also increase the fees for other types of television licence. The fee for a duplicate licence is raised from £1.50 to £2 and that for...

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