The Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

Made: 4th March 1993

Laid before Parliament: 5th March 1993

Coming into force: 1st April 1993

The Secretary of State 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 him[^f00004], hereby, with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Regulations:–

1

• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

• (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 further amended as follows:

• (a) in Schedule 2–

• (i) for “£26.50” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£27.50”;

• (ii) for “£80” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£83”; and

• (b) in Schedule 3–

• (i) for “£40” there shall be substituted “£41.50”;

• (ii) for “£20” there shall be substituted “£20.75”; and

• (iii) for “£21.25” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£22”[^f00006].

Signed

Peter Brooke — Secretary of State for National Heritage — 3rd March 1993

We consent to these Regulations

Irvine Patnick — Tim Kirkhope — Two of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 4th March 1993

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations raise the amount of the basic fee for television licences from £26.50 to £27.50 in the case of monochrome and from £80 to £83 in the case of colour. In the case of instalment licences the issue fee for the Standard Instalment Licence is increased from £40 to £41.50 with instalment fees raised from £20 to £20.75. For the Premium Instalment Licence the issue and instalment fees of £21.25 are both increased to £22.

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, amended by S.I. 1992/353.

[^f00006]: £26.50, £80, £40, £20 and £21.25 are as substituted by S.I. 1992/353.