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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-television-licence-fees-regulations-1991/schedule-2/part-II/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/436",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-television-licence-fees-regulations-1991",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/II/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "General",
  "text": "In this Schedule–\n“disabled person” means a person who is blind, deaf or dumb or who is substantially and permanently handicapped by illness, injury or congenital deformity;\n“a group of specially provided dwellings” means a group of at least four dwellings–\n(a) which are provided for occupation by disabled persons, mentally disordered persons or retired persons of pensionable age;\n(b) which have been erected or converted for the purposes of such occupation;\n(c) for which there is a person whose functibn is to care for the needs of the persons referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above and who either lives in one of the dwellings within the group or works in that group for at least 30 hours per week; and\n(d) which fall within a common and exclusive boundary:\nProvided that the condition in sub-paragraph (a) above does not cease to be satisfied if any dwelling is–\n(i) also occupied by any member of the family of any person referred to in that sub-paragraph; or\n(ii) occupied by the person referred to in sub-paragraph (c) above-or a member of his family;\n“a resident” means a disabled person, a mentally disordered person or a retired person of pensionable age who is ordinarily resident in accommodation for residential care, but does not include a person in charge thereof or otherwise employed therein or a member of the family of either of them.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/595",
      "affecting_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1995/655",
      "affecting_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1995"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/379",
      "affecting_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended (the Channel Is and the Is of Man) (UK)",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/353",
      "affecting_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1992"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/476",
      "affecting_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1993"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/436/schedule/2/part/II/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:50:13.122584+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}