{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-television-licence-fees-regulations-1997/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/290",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-television-licence-fees-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Television licence fees",
  "text": "(1) On the issue of a television licence (as defined by section 1(7) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949) of a type specified in an entry in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 2 to these Regulations and of the description specified in column 2 of that Part in relation to that entry, there shall be paid (irrespective of the duration of the licence) as the issue fee for a licence of that type and description the sum or, as the case may be, multiples of sums prescribed in column 3 of that Part or, in the case of entry 6 in column 1 of that Part, determined in accordance with Part III of the said Schedule.\n(2) On the issue of a television licence of a type specified in an entry in column 1 of Schedule 3 to these Regulations and of the description specified in column 2 of that Schedule in relation to that entry, there shall be paid (irrespective of the duration of the licence) as the issue fee for a licence of that type and description the sum which is prescribed in column 3 of that Schedule in respect of that entry and thereafter as instalment payments such sums as are so prescribed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/663",
      "affecting_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/630",
      "affecting_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2000"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/290/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:25:57.559850+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."
}