The Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

Made: 21st February 1992

Laid before Parliament: 3rd March 1992

Coming into force: 1st April 1992

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949[^f00001], as it has effect in the United Kingdom and as extended by the Wireless Telegraphy (Channel Islands) Order 1952[^f00002] and the Wireless Telegraphy (Isle of Man) Order 1952[^f00003], and now vested in me[^f00004], I hereby, with the consent of the Treasury, make the following Regulations:

1

• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st April 1992.

• (2) These Regulations extend to the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

2

The Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) Regulations 1991[^f00005] shall be amended as follows:

• (a) in regulation 4, for “£2.50” there shall be substituted “£3.25”;

• (b) in Schedule 2–

• (i) for “£25.50” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£26.50”;

• (ii) for “£77” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£80”; and

• (iii) for “£3” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£3.50”; and

• (c) in Schedule 3–

• (i) for “£38.50” there shall be substituted “£40”;

• (ii) for “£19.25” there shall be substituted “£20”; and

• (iii) for “£20.50” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£21.25”.

Signed

Kenneth Baker — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 20th February 1992

We consent to these Regulations

Sydney Chapman — Irvine Patnick — Two of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 21st February 1992

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations raise the amount of the basic fee for television licences from £25.50 to £26.50 in the case of monochrome and from £77 to £80 in the case of colour. In the case of instalment licences the issue fee for the Standard Instalment Licence is increased from £38.50 to £40 with instalment fees raised from £19.25 to £20. For the Premium Instalment Licence the issue and instalment fees of £20.50 are both increased to £21.25. The fee for a duplicate licence is also increased, from £2.50 to £3.25, and the fee for a dealer demonstration licence is raised from £3 to £3.50.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1949 c. 54; section 2 is amended by Part I of Schedule 18 to the Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42). The said Part I was extended to Guernsey by the Broadcasting Act 1990 (Guernsey) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/191), to Jersey by the Broadcasting Act 1990 (Jersey) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/193) and to the Isle of Man by the Broadcasting Act 1990 (Isle of Man) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/192).

[^f00002]: S.I. 1952/1900.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1952/1899.

[^f00004]: Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48); S.I. 1969/1369, 1371, 1974/691.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1991/436.