Regulation 2 Amendment of Part 4 of Schedule 2 to the Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004 (simple payment plan licence (not black and white only))

(1)

Part 4 of Schedule 2 to the Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004 (simple payment plan licence (not black and white only))^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph 19(1A)^f2, for “D” substitute “E”.

(3)

In paragraph 20(2)^f3—

(a)

for “debt advice charity”, in the first place those words occur, substitute “relevant debt advice organisation”;

(b)

omit the words from “; or” to “Trading”.

(4)

After paragraph 20(3A)^f4 insert—

“(3B)

Circumstance E is that the person—

(a)

is experiencing significant difficulties in meeting essential household expenses, and

(b)

is not, immediately before the issue date, authorised under a TV licence to install or use a TV receiver.”.

(5)

In paragraph 20(4), for the definition of “a debt advice charity^f5 substitute—

““a relevant debt advice organisation” means an organisation that provides debt counselling, or other financial advice, to persons in financial difficulty without charge to those persons.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2004/692. Part 4 of Schedule 2 was inserted by S.I. 2018/339 and extended to the Isle of Man by S.I. 2021/227.
f2: Paragraph 19(1A) was substituted by S.I. 2020/160.
f3: Paragraph 20(2) was amended by S.I. 2021/227.
f4: Paragraph 20(3A) was inserted by S.I. 2020/160.
f5: The definition of “a debt advice charity” was amended by S.I. 2020/160 and S.I. 2021/227.