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The Wireless Telegraphy (Broadcast Licence Charges and Exemption) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1989

S.I. 1989/325 · Made 3 March 1989

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TELEGRAPHS

Made 3rd March 1989

Laid before Parliament 9th March 1989

Coming into force 1st April 1989

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949f1, as enacted, and as extended by the Wireless Telegraphy (Channel Islands) Order 1952f2 and the Wireless Telegraphy (Isle of Man) Order 1952f3, and now vested in mef4, I hereby, with the consent of the Treasury, make the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1949 c. 54.

f2

S.I. 1952/1900.

f3

S.I. 1952/1899.

f4

1969 c. 48; S.I. 1969/1369, 1371, 1974/691.

Contents

  1. 1Regulation 1
  2. 2Regulation 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Broadcast Licence Charges and Exemption) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st April 1989.

(2)

The Wireless Telegraphy (Broadcast Licence Charges and Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 1988f1 are hereby revoked.

2

The Wireless Telegraphy (Broadcast Licence Charges and Exemption) Regulations 1984f1 shall be amended as follows:

(a)

in regulation 6, for “£1.50” there shall be substituted “£2”;

(b)

in Schedule 3 –

(i)

for “£21” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£22”,

(ii)

for “£62.50” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£66”f2, and

(iii)

for “£1.50” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£2.50”;

(c)

in Schedule 4 –

(i)

for “£21” there shall be substituted “£22”, and

(ii)

for “£62.50” there shall be substituted “£66”; and

(d)

in Schedule 5f3 –

(i)

for “£31.24” there shall be substituted “£33.00”,

(ii)

for “£15.62” there shall be substituted “£16.50”, and

(iii)

for “£16.87” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£17.75”.

Signature

Douglas Hurd

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

2nd March

We consent to these Regulations.

Kenneth Carlisle

Alan Howarth

Two of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

3rd March 1989

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations raise the amount of the basic fee for television licences from £21 to £22 in the case of monochrome and from £62.50 to £66 in the case of colour. They also increase the fees for other types of television licence. The fee for a duplicate licence is raised from £1.50 to £2 and that for the dealer demonstration licence from £1.50 to £2.50. In the case of instalment licences the issue fee for the Standard Instalment Licence is increased from £31.24 to £33 with instalment fees raised from £15.62 to £16.50. For the Premium Instalment Licence the issue and instalment fees of £16.87 are both increased to £17.75.