The Communications (Television Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021
S.I. 2021/227 · Made 2 March 2021
Electronic Communications
Broadcasting
Made 2nd March 2021
Laid before Parliament 5th March 2021
Coming into force 1st May 2021
The Treasury has consented to the making of these Regulations in accordance with section 365(6) of that Act.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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2003 c. 21. Section 365(4) was amended by section 89 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30). There are other amendments to section 365 but none is relevant.
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S.I. 2003/3198, amended by S.I. 2007/278; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant. Article 6 of the Order extends sections 365(1) and (4) and 402(3) of the Communications Act 2003 to the Isle of Man.
Contents
- 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
- 2Extension of Part 4 of Schedule 2 to the 2004 Regulations to the Isle of Man
- 3Amendment of the 2004 Regulations
- 4Amendment of the 2004 Regulations
- 5Amendment of the 2004 Regulations
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation, commencement and interpretation
These Regulations may be cited as the Communications (Television Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 1st May 2021.
In these Regulations, “the 2004 Regulations” means the Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004f1.
2Extension of Part 4 of Schedule 2 to the 2004 Regulations to the Isle of Man
Part 4 of Schedule 2 to the 2004 Regulationsf1 shall extend to the Isle of Man.
3Amendment of the 2004 Regulations
The 2004 Regulations are amended in accordance with regulations 4 and 5.
4Amendment of the 2004 Regulations
In regulation 1(2) (extent)f1, omit “and the Isle of Man”.
After regulation 1(2) insert—
“(2A)These Regulations extend to the Isle of Man except for regulations 10 and 11.”.
5Amendment of the 2004 Regulations
In Part 4 of Schedule 2 (simple payment plan licence (not black and white only))—
in paragraph 20(2), after “the person’s financial obligations” insert “; or, in the case of a person who is ordinarily resident in the Isle of Man, he or she has received such advice from a debt advice charity or the Isle of Man Office of Fair Trading”;
in paragraph 20(4), in the definition of “a debt advice charity”, after “Charities Act 2011” insert “, or in the Isle of Man an institution which is a registered charity for the purposes of the Charities Registration and Regulation Act 2019f1,”.
Signature
Oliver Dowden
Secretary of State
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
1st March 2021
We consent:
Maggie Throup
David Rutley
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
2nd March 2021
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004 (“the 2004 Regulations”) (S.I. 2004/692) to make provision for the form of TV licence known as a “simple payment plan licence (not black and white only)” (a “simple payment licence”) to be available from 1st May 2021 to eligible television licence fee payers who are resident in the Isle of Man.
Regulation 2 extends the provisions relating to the simple payment licence (Part 4 of Schedule 2 to the 2004 Regulations) to the Isle of Man.
Regulation 5 amends paragraph 20 of Schedule 2 to the 2004 Regulations so that a person in the Isle of Man is eligible for a simple payment licence if they have, within the period of 6 months ending with the issue date, received advice in relation to any of the person’s financial obligations from a debt advice charity that is registered in the Isle of Man or from the Isle of Man Office of Fair Trading.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as there will be no impact on the private sector and negligible impact on the voluntary sectors is foreseen.