{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-television-licensing-amendment-regulations-2025/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2025/133",
  "legislation_title": "The Communications (Television Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-television-licensing-amendment-regulations-2025",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "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 2004 Regulations”) by providing for increases in—\n(a) the amount payable for most categories of TV licence;\n(b) the amount of each instalment for certain categories of TV licence which are payable in instalments.\nIn summary—\n(a) the amount usually payable for a colour TV licence is increased from £169.50 to £174.50 and that for a black and white TV licence is increased from £57.00 to £58.50 (see regulations 3 and 5);\n(b) the instalments for a premium instalment TV licence are increased so that the total amount payable is increased from £174.50 to £179.50 (see regulation 4(1) and (2));\n(c) the instalments for a budget instalment TV licence are increased so that the total amount payable is increased from £169.50 to £174.50 (see regulation 4(1) and (3) to (9));\n(d) the instalments for an easy entry TV licence are increased so that the total amount payable is increased from £169.50 to £174.50 (see regulation 4(1) and (10) to (36));\n(e) the instalments for a simple payment TV licence are increased so that the total amount payable is increased from £169.50 to £174.50 (see regulation 4(1), (37) and (38)).\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/133/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:20:44.606980+00:00"
  },
  "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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