# The Wireless Telegraphy (Broadcast Licence Charges and Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 1990

S.I. 1990/460 · made 5 March 1990

These Regulations raise the amount of the basic fee for television licences from £22 to £24 in the case of monochrome and from £66 to £71 in the case of colour. In the case of instalment licences the issue fee for the Standard Instalment Licence is increased from £33 to £35.50 with instalment fees raised from £16.50 to £17.75. For the Premium Instalment Licence the issue and instalment fees of £17.75 are both increased to £19.

Made under: 1949 c. 54 (Section 2); Post Office Act 1969

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-broadcast-licence-charges-and-exemption-amendment-regulations-1990/pdf/uksi_19900460_en.pdf

## Introductory text

TELEGRAPHS
Made 5th March 1990
Laid before Parliament 9th March 1990
Coming into force 1st April 1990
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949, as enacted, and as extended by the Wireless Telegraphy (Channel Islands) Order 1952 and the Wireless Telegraphy (Isle of Man) Order 1952, and now vested in me, I hereby, with the consent of the Treasury, make the following Regulations:

## 1 

These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Broadcast Licence Charges and Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on1st April 1990.

## 2 

The Wireless Telegraphy (Broadcast Licence Charges and Exemption) Regulations 1984 shall be amended as follows:
(a) in Schedules 3 and 4—
(i) for “22” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “24”, and
(ii) for “66” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “71”; and
(b) in Schedule 5—
(i) for “33” there shall be substituted “35.50”,
(ii) for “16.50” there shall be substituted “17.75”, and
(iii) for “17.75” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “19”.

## Signature

Home Office
David Waddington
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
2nd March 1990
We consent to these Regulations.
John Taylor
Stephen Dorrell
Two of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
5th March 1990

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations raise the amount of the basic fee for television licences from £22 to £24 in the case of monochrome and from £66 to £71 in the case of colour. In the case of instalment licences the issue fee for the Standard Instalment Licence is increased from £33 to £35.50 with instalment fees raised from £16.50 to £17.75. For the Premium Instalment Licence the issue and instalment fees of £17.75 are both increased to £19.

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