# The Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004, Paragraph 2

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) There shall be payable a first instalment of £46.25 (referred to in this paragraph as “the issue fee”) and three further instalments of £46.25.
(2) The instalments are to be payable as follows—
(a) the issue fee is payable on the date on which the licence is issued;
(b) the second instalment is payable on the first day of the calendar month whose last day is 8 months before the date on which the licence expires;
(c) the third instalment is payable on the first day of the calendar month whose last day is 5 months before the date on which the licence expires; and
(d) the fourth instalment is payable on the first day of the calendar month whose last day is 2 months before the date on which the licence expires.
(3) Where the licence is issued on a date which is on or after the date on which, in accordance with paragraphs (b) to (d) of sub-paragraph (2), any of the instalments referred to in those paragraphs is payable, any such instalment is to be payable on the same date as the issue fee.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/692/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/communications-television-licensing-regulations-2004/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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