Legal obligation to reply to TV Licensing

wymondham

20SmthngSver said:

I've now been sent a third latter telling me which date they are visiting, but could also be a different day. 

It's so wrong how they automatically presume your guilt when you don't legally and lawfully do not need a TV license. 

Think of them as a sales people, desperately trying to get you to buy their antiquated product.

20SmthngSver

wymondham said:

You can ignore the letters, or if you chat to TV Licencing they can mark your address as licence free and you'll get no letters for 2 years.

Do they though? I've read on quite a few online forums that they do contact you within that time to check your status still applies.

p00hsticks

Do they though? I've read on quite a few online forums that they do contact you within that time to check your status still applies.

I've always found that once they've acknowledged my declaration (via email and letter) I don't hear from them again for a couple of years.

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From Hansard, 15 May 2006:-

Mr. Holloway: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether those who do not have a television set are required to inform Television Licensing that they do not require a TV licence.

Mr. Woodward: A television licence is required to install or use a television receiver, as defined in regulations made by the Secretary of State, rather than a television set. Members of the public who do not require a television licence are under no obligation to inform TV Licensing of the fact.