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The Wireless Telegraphy (Broadcast Licence Charges and Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 1988

S.I. 1988/376 · Made 29 February 1988

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TELEGRAPHS

Made 29th February 1988

Laid before Parliament 10th March 1988

Coming into force 1st April 1988

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) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st April 1988.

(2)

The Wireless Telegraphy (Broadcast Licence Charges and Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 1985f1 are hereby revoked.

2

Schedules 3 and 4 to the Wireless Telegraphy (Broadcast Licence Charges and Exemption) Regulations 1984f1 shall be amended as follows—

(a)

for “£18” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£21”; and

(b)

for “£58” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£62.50”f2.

Signature

Douglas Hurd

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

26th February 1988

We consent to these Regulations.

Mark Lennox-Boyd

Michael Neubert

Two of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

29th February 1988

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations raise the amount of the basic fee for television licences from £18 to £21 in the case of monochrome and from £58 to £62.50 in the case of colour.