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Tv licencing (again)
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So, I'm a student, without a TV - just a computer without a TV card, but I can access www.bbc.co.uk via the net. Anyway, TV licence letter says:
Then, "if you dont buy one there is a fine of up to £1000 plus legal costs .... our enforcement officers successfully caught 380,000 offenders last year"
So, £1000*380,000 = £380,000,000 = 12.93% of the BBCs annual income from consumers, and seeing as there are a lot of TV licences out of there, it seems ridiculous that a small proportion of people should pay so much.
So, if they come round my house, will I be fined because I own a computer that can access the internet?
TV people wrote:Equipment which you need a licence to use includes:
- Television - colour or black and white
- Video or DVD recorder
- Mobile phone
- Set-top box
- Computer
Then, "if you dont buy one there is a fine of up to £1000 plus legal costs .... our enforcement officers successfully caught 380,000 offenders last year"
So, £1000*380,000 = £380,000,000 = 12.93% of the BBCs annual income from consumers, and seeing as there are a lot of TV licences out of there, it seems ridiculous that a small proportion of people should pay so much.
So, if they come round my house, will I be fined because I own a computer that can access the internet?
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And you will notice the wording 'of up to £1000' as in they dont everyone that.
Guessing you mean TV. No, you need a TV licence to use the equipment as their website says, not to own it. And how would they find out? Actually, just re-read it and I'm guessing you actually meant what you wrote, and not my useless interpretation of it.
I think other people know how to get away with all that sort of stuff though.
If you have a computer or TV that does not receive a signal, for whatever reason, then you do not need a license. Having a TV or computer that you only use to watch DVDs or videos is fine, you do not need a license for this.
Also bear in mind that TV Licensing officials have no right of access to your property, so they wouldn't know what you owned anyway.
Just to clarify, each separate residence does need a license- if you are in halls each room needs a license, and if you live in a shared house then you need a license if each room is let individually (unless the only TV is in a communal area).
How can they prove you used it to receive a TV signal? We had a telly for years without receiving a signal.
Most people are caught by allowing entry and admitting all to the officials because they are "authority". the best way of dealing with the robbing bastards is to tell them to go molest themselves.
They were very sly. Buzzed my flat and said 'delivery for flat 12'. I unwittingly thought it was just a delivery for my flatmate and let them in. Next thing two TV liscensing cunts are at my door and my TV is switched on the background. No way out of that one.
They just asked me to get a license sorted though which was sweet therefore IMO you shouldn't bother getting one until they come round. Have a filled out form ready and if they come round just say you were in the process but hadn't got round to sending off the form yet. I got away with not having one for two years. If I had of had my wits about me, it would have been three.
If your TV can be seen from the road I wouldn't take the risk (our terrace is right on to the street) but if it can't there's little they can do.
If you receive a signal you need the licence. If you don't, you don't.
It's against PACE, but you try and prove it to a magistrate who thinks you're scum and that the sun shines out of coppers arses.