Tv licence how long does it last

Cookies on the TV Licensing website Close We use cookies to improve your experience on our website and to make sure you can use all of its features. Close Continue. TV Licensing. Sign out. Home Easy read Cymraeg Sign out search site Search. How long does a TV Licence last? In January, the government decided not to move ahead with plans to decriminalise non-payment of the TV licence fee but said it would "remain under active consideration". The following month, the BBC said no enforcement action had been taken against anyone who previously held a free overs TV licence.

If you have a story suggestion email entertainment. Overs 'given time' to pay BBC licence fee. Botham goes in to bat over TV licence 'scandal'. TV licence fee decriminalisation decision shelved. BBC to go ahead with overs licence fee changes. Image source, Getty Images. Do I need a TV licence and what does it pay for? A: An additional licence fee at the full annual tariff of R A: No. An additional licence fee at the full annual tariff of R A: The Broadcasting Act stipulates that the SABC may require a person who uses a TV set, or a person who is the owner or occupier of any premises on which a television set is used, to furnish such information as may be prescribed or necessary in order to determine whether the Act is being complied with.

If requested, a TV set must be produced for inspection. Information such as receipt numbers, number of television sets, addresses, etc, may also be requested in order to determine the validity of a television licence.

Authorised TV Licence Inspectors may enter any premises to carry out an inspection. A: Anyone found in possession of a television set without having a valid TV licence would be liable for payment of the annual licence fee, plus a penalty of double the licence fee. A: Yes. Public schools are the ONLY educational institutions exempted from the legal requirement of having a television licence. Private schools, universities and other tertiary educational institutions, hospitals, old age or frail-care homes, charities and churches or religious organisations are NOT exempted.

A R Should a licence holder thereafter require such exemption to be extended, written application by way of an affidavit confirming that the applicant still has no TV receiving equipment must be made on an annual basis three months before the end of each licence year. A: What a television set is used for is irrelevant in terms of the legal liability for payment of TV licence fees. The SABC must be notified on a prescribed form affidavit of the changed circumstances.