Television Licensing

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anewhope wrote: »

Isn't it the case in a shared house where each person has a lock on their room door that they require a tv license each?

Not true - The rules are:

If you've signed a joint tenancy agreement with your housemates, you'll only need one TV Licence to cover all the TV receivers in your house. So it's a good idea to share the cost

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If you've signed a separate tenancy agreement and you're taking a TV receiver to use in your room, you'll need a TV Licence of your own.

The door-lock thing is just a way people use to try and easily determine if you've signed a joint tenancy or separate - the thinking goes if your door has a lock you're more likely to have signed a separate tenancy.

So to sum up the OP will need a separate TV licence if he intends to put [watch] a TV in his room. Assuming the landlords licence is up-to-date and legit then the OP will not need a licence to watch TV in a communal area but if the landlords licence is not valid then it is the OP that will get in trouble for watching, not the landlord.