TV Licence needed while on holiday?

NowRetired

I am going to visit a relative who does not have a TV, therefore he does not have a TV licence.

I will be taking my computer, which has a USB TV adapter and his flat is wired for a TV aerial, I think, even if not, you can see the TV transmitter from his lounge window, so a portable aerial should do OK.

Does my TV licence cover me while I am on holiday?

There will be no one at my home when I am on holiday.

sniggings

It does IF it stays mobile i.e not plugged in to the wall, once it stops being mobile then the household where the viewing takes place needs a licence.

Reue

sniggings wrote: »

It does IF it stays mobile i.e not plugged in to the wall, once it stops being mobile then the household where the viewing takes place needs a licence.

The actual wording of the law is that the device must be powered 'solely by it's own internal battery'. Therefore you would be free to plug an aerial connection into a laptop which wasnt plugged into mains power.

sniggings

Reue wrote: »

The actual wording of the law is that the device must be powered 'solely by it's own internal battery'. Therefore you would be free to plug an aerial connection into a laptop which wasnt plugged into mains power.

I would be inclined to keep a mobile mobile, we all know the law and the BBC guidance can be read any number of ways, and that the onus is on the household to prove their innocence, rather than defend against the evidence, which is wrong.

If a device is installed in a house, then that is enough to need a licence, I would say an argument could be made in court that a laptop plugged into a house is installed in that house so that house needs a licence and would not be covered by a different licence from an other address but you can read it any way you choose.