Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2003
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2003/663 |
2003 No. 663
TELEGRAPHS
The Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2003
Made 5th March 2003
Laid before Parliament 11th March 2003
Coming into force 1st April 2003
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 19491, as it has effect in the United Kingdom and as extended by the Wireless Telegraphy (Channel Islands) Order 19522and the Wireless Telegraphy (Isle of Man) Order 19523, and now vested in her4, hereby, with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.
Amendment of the 1997 Regulations
2. The Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) Regulations 19975shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.
Licence fee increases
3. In Part I of Schedule 2 (issue fees for television licences)—
(a) for “£37.50” in each place where it occurs substitute “£38.50”; and
(b) for “£112.00” in each place where it occurs substitute “£116.00”.
4. In paragraph 1(d) of Part III of Schedule 2 (television licence issue fees for hotels and hospitality areas and mobile units)—
(a) for “£37.50” substitute “£38.50”; and
(b) for “£112.00” substitute “£116.00”.
5. In column 3 of Schedule 3 (fees for television licences payable in instalments)—
(a) in the entry relating to the type of licence specified in entry 1 in column 1, for “£29.25” in each place where it occurs substitute “£30.25”;
(b) in the entry relating to the type of licence specified in entry 2 in column 1, for the words from “An issue fee of £65.35” to “thereafter two instalments of £37.33” substitute—
“An issue fee of £67.70 and thereafter five instalments of £9.66; or
an issue fee of £66.05 and thereafter five instalments of £9.99; or
an issue fee of £63.30 and thereafter five instalments of £10.54; or
an issue fee of £61.80 and thereafter five instalments of £10.84; or
an issue fee of £58.00 and thereafter five instalments of £11.60; or
an issue fee of £56.70 and thereafter five instalments of £11.86; or
an issue fee of £51.60 and thereafter five instalments of £12.88; or
an issue fee of £50.50 and thereafter five instalments of £13.10; or
an issue fee of £43.50 and thereafter five instalments of £14.50; or
an issue fee of £42.70 and thereafter five instalments of £14.66; or
an issue fee of £33.15 and thereafter five instalments of £16.57; or
an issue fee of £32.70 and thereafter five instalments of £16.66; or
an issue fee of £19.35 and thereafter five instalments of £19.33; or
an issue fee of £23.20 and thereafter four instalments of £23.20; or
an issue fee of £29.00 and thereafter three instalments of £29.00; or
an issue fee of £38.68 and thereafter two instalments of £38.66”; and
(c) for the entry relating to the type of licence specified in entry 3 in column 1 of that Schedule substitute—
“An issue fee of £4.50 and thereafter 24 weekly instalments of £4.50, followed by a single further weekly instalment of £3.50; or
an issue fee of £4.50 and thereafter 23 fortnightly instalments of £4.70, followed by a single further fortnightly instalment of £3.40; or
an issue fee of £4.50 and thereafter 12 fortnightly instalments of £8.60, followed by a single further fortnightly instalment of £8.30; or
an issue fee of £4.50 and thereafter 10 fortnightly instalments of £7.50, followed by 5 further fortnightly instalments of £7.30; or
an issue fee of £4.50 and thereafter 10 fortnightly instalments of £6.60, followed by 7 further fortnightly instalments of £6.50; or
an issue fee of £4.50 and thereafter 16 fortnightly instalments of £5.90, followed by 3 further fortnightly instalments of £5.70; or
an issue fee of £4.50 and thereafter 2 fortnightly instalments of £5.40, followed by 19 further fortnightly instalments of £5.30; or
an issue fee of £55.90 and thereafter 11 fortnightly instalments of £4.70, followed by 2 further fortnightly instalments of £4.20.”.
6. In Schedule 4 (fees for interim television licences) for “£3.125” and “£9.333” substitute respectively “£3.208” and “£9.666”.
Accommodation for residential care
7. In paragraph (1) of regulation 4 (television licence fees) for the words from “or, in the case of entry 6” to the end of that paragraph substitute—
“or, in the case of entries 5 and 6 in column 1 of that Part, determined in accordance with the provisions referred to in column 3.”
8. In Part I of Schedule 2, in relation to the type of licence specified in entry 5 of column 1—
(a) in the description in column 2, for the words from “in the case of accommodation” to “paragraph 1(b)(i) to (iii) of Part II of this Schedule” substitute—
“in the case of accommodation consisting of a group of dwellings, in residential care dwellings; and” |
(b) for the entry in column 3 substitute—
“To be determined in accordance with paragraph 10 of Part II of this Schedule.”. |
9.—(1) Part II of Schedule 2 shall be amended in accordance with this regulation.
(2) For the heading to Part II substitute—
“Entry 5 in Part I of this Schedule: supplementary provisions.”
(3) In paragraph 1—
(a)
(a) for sub-paragraph (c) substitute—
“(c)
“(c) “resident” means—
(i) in relation to accommodation which is accommodation for residential care by virtue of any of paragraphs 2 to 8 below, a disabled person, a mentally disordered person or a retired person aged 60 years or more who is ordinarily resident in the accommodation, but does not include a person in charge of the accommodation or otherwise employed...
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