Statutory Instruments
TELEGRAPHS
Made
4th March 1993
Laid before Parliament
5th March 1993
Coming into force
1st April 1993
The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949(1), as it has effect in the United Kingdom and as extended by the Wireless Telegraphy (Channel Islands) Order 1952(2)and the Wireless Telegraphy (Isle of Man) Order 1952(3), and now vested in him(4), hereby, with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Regulations:-“
1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.
(2) These Regulations extend to the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
2. The Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) Regulations 1991(5)shall be further amended as follows:
(a)in Schedule 2-“
(i)for "£26.50" in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted "£27.50";
(ii)for "£80" in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted "£83"; and
(b)in Schedule 3-“
(i)for "£40" there shall be substituted "£41.50";
(ii)for "£20" there shall be substituted "£20.75"; and
(iii)for "£21.25" in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted "£22"(6).
Peter Brooke
Secretary of State for National Heritage
3rd March 1993
We consent to these Regulations
Irvine Patnick
Tim Kirkhope
Two of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
4th March 1993
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations raise the amount of the basic fee for television licences from £26.50 to £27.50 in the case of monochrome and from £80 to £83 in the case of colour. In the case of instalment licences the issue fee for the Standard Instalment Licence is increased from £40 to £41.50 with instalment fees raised from £20 to £20.75. For the Premium Instalment Licence the issue and instalment fees of £21.25 are both increased to £22.
1949 c. 54; section 2 is amended by Part I of Schedule 18 to the Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42). The said Part I was extended to Guernsey by the Broadcasting Act 1990 (Guernsey) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/191), to Jersey by the Broadcasting Act 1990 (Jersey) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/193) and to the Isle of Man by the Broadcasting Act 1990 (Isle of Man) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/192).
S.I. 1952/1900.
S.I. 1952/1899.
Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48); S.I. 1969/1369, 1371, 1974/691.
£26.50, £80, £40, £20 and £21.25 are as substituted by S.I. 1992/353.