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Paragraph 20 F1

United Kingdom

(1)

Circumstance A is that the person—

(a)

has been F2visited for enforcement purposes on or after 1st April F32020 about a TV licensing offence, and

(b)

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

(2)

Circumstance B is that the person has, within the period of 6 months ending with the issue date, received advice from a F4relevant debt advice organisation in relation to any of the person’s financial obligations F5....

(3)

Circumstance C is that the person—

(a)

held a TV licence (other than a simple payment licence) within the period of 6 months ending with the issue date,

(b)

failed to make one or more payments in respect of that licence, and

(c)

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

(F63A)

Circumstance D is that the person held a simple payment licence within the period of 12 months ending with the issue date.

(F73B)

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.

(4)

In this paragraph—

  • F8“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.

  • “TV licensing offence” means an offence under—

    1. (a)

      section 363(2) of the Act (installing or using a television receiver without a licence),

    2. (b)

      section 363(3) of the Act (possessing or controlling a receiver and intending to install or use it without a licence etc), or

    3. (c)

      section 366(8) of the Act (obstructing or failing to assist a person using powers to enforce TV licensing).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 2 Pt. 4 inserted (1.4.2018) by The Communications (Television Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/339), regs. 1(2), 4

F2

Words in Sch. 2 para. 20(1) substituted (1.4.2020) by The Communications (Television Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/160), regs. 1(1), 4(c)(i)

F3

Word in Sch. 2 para. 20(1) substituted (1.4.2020) by The Communications (Television Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/160), regs. 1(1), 4(c)(ii)

F4

Words in Sch. 2 para. 20(2) substituted (31.1.2025) by The Communications (Television Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1330), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a)

F5

Words in Sch. 2 para. 20(2) omitted (31.1.2025) by virtue of The Communications (Television Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1330), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b)

F6

Sch. 2 para. 20(3A) inserted (1.4.2020) by The Communications (Television Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/160), regs. 1(1), 4(d)

F7

Sch. 2 para. 20(3B) inserted (31.1.2025) by The Communications (Television Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1330), regs. 1(1), 2(4)

F8

Words in Sch. 2 para. 20(4) substituted (31.1.2025) by The Communications (Television Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1330), regs. 1(1), 2(5)

Notes on Part 4

Modifications

C1

Sch. 2 Pt. 4 extended (Isle of Man) (1.5.2021) by The Communications (Television Licensing) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/227), regs. 1(1), 2