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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-television-licensing-amendment-no-2-regulations-2018/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/339",
  "legislation_title": "The Communications (Television Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-television-licensing-amendment-no-2-regulations-2018",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/692) (“the CTLR 2004”) to make provision for a trial of a new TV licence to be known as a “Simple payment plan licence (not black and white only)” (a “simple payment licence”).\nThe cost of a simple payment licence is £150.50, payable in fortnightly or monthly instalments (see new paragraph 21 of Schedule 2 to the CTLR as inserted by regulation 4).\nIn the period ending with 30th September 2018, a simple payment licence is to be issued only in certain circumstances (see new paragraphs 19(1) and 20 of Schedule 2 to the CTLR 2004 as inserted by regulation 4). For example, a licence can be issued to a person if the person has, within the period of 6 months ending with the date the licence is issued, received advice from one of a list of specified charities in relation to any of the person’s financial obligations.\nProvision is made for the renewal of a simple payment licence in the period beginning with 1st October 2018 and ending with 30th September 2019 (see new paragraph 19(2) of Schedule 2 to the CTLR 2004 as inserted by regulation 4).\nAn impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/339/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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