MSE News: Students could get TV licence cashback

Kurtis_Blue

Turkishdreamer wrote: »

We were told by the landlord that he will still need a licence of his own, seems a bit unfair. Kurtis_blue's post makes it sound like the information we have been givem is incorrect. Or am I being a bit dim!

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/for-your-home/tenants-and-lodgers-aud2/

Turkishdreamer

I will have to double check with my son, but I think he has a separate Tenancy Agreement for his room.

If this is the case, he will need a separate licence

spike7451

Turkishdreamer wrote: »

I will have to double check with my son, but I think he has a separate Tenancy Agreement for his room.

If this is the case, he will need a separate licence

When I was living in barracks,each room was required to have a seperate licence,downside for the tv licence people was they had to request permission to go onto the technical & domestic sites,even tho in the case of the Domestic site,they weren't behind the wire & you could just drive onto them from the main roads.By having to apply in advance,their visit was published in Orders so on the day,everyone locked their TV's away in the lockers!:D

Paulgonnabedebtfree

While the publicity for this refund is welcome, there is nothing new about it.
I did this as long ago as 1999. I was moving from my flat (and renting it out) into a co-habiting situation elsewhere. The other property was licensed for TV. I reclaimed the unused portion of the license for my flat. IIRC, it has to be done in portions equalling whole months. It wouldn't be difficult to do a daily calculation (with a whole month as a minimum if they wanted to ensure against refunding trivial amounts) but that would mean the TV licensing having to pay out more overall. It's one of those things that ought to be challenged but never seems to be because (a) they're a government backed body and (b) the amounts involved would be small.

blades123

"With regards to the locked room, I am a bit confused. My son is moving from halls to a shared house in October, although there is a television in the communal lounge, he will also have his own in his room. We were told by the landlord that he will still need a licence of his own, seems a bit unfair. Kurtis_blue's post makes it sound like the information we have been givem is incorrect. Or am I being a bit dim!"

Basically, the Tv licence people consider every room that has a lock door to be its own premises. Therefore Student halls etc where everyone's room is lockable muct need a licence. If you move in to a share house and each bedroom i not locked i.e no lock on the door, then you only need one tv licence regardless to the number of tv's in the house. In this situation, there is no difference between a parents house having a tv in each room.

Kurtis_Blue

Basically, the Tv licence people consider every room that has a lock door to be its own premises. Therefore Student halls etc where everyone's room is lockable muct need a licence. If you move in to a share house and each bedroom i not locked i.e no lock on the door, then you only need one tv licence regardless to the number of tv's in the house. In this situation, there is no difference between a parents house having a tv in each room.

Can you reference where you have acquired this information? because the TVL website clearly states that that is not the case.

jamesbrownontheroad

blades123 wrote: »

Basically, the Tv licence people consider every room that has a lock door to be its own premises. Therefore Student halls etc where everyone's room is lockable muct need a licence.

+1

Although when I was in halls at university (Sheffield, 2001-2) I couldn't understand why anyone would want to spend £100+ on a TV license. Either you were missing out on the important social life at university or you weren't working hard enough

Oh, and by the way everyone, just because MSE Helen did it, doesn't mean you can do it too... it's license, not licence.

(See? All those tution fees were worth it... :dance: )

Kurtis_Blue

There is nothing any where in legislation or on the TVL website that suggests a lock on a door means you need a separate licence, its nonsense.

TVL seems to bring out loads of random ideas.

Charis

jamesbrownontheroad wrote: »

Oh, and by the way everyone, just because MSE Helen did it, doesn't mean you can do it too... it's license, not licence.

(See? All those tution fees were worth it... :dance: )

License is a noun in the USA. In Britain it's a verb. Licence is the correct spelling of the noun. Even in Sheffield

tinkerbel

This is not news