TV Licence article Discussion

Cornucopia

Presently, the rule is that if there are ANY over-75s in the household then it qualifies for a Free Licence.

However, this may well change over the coming years as the responsibility for the rules and the funding is moving from the Government to the BBC.

So, however your accommodation is configured, your Mother will be entitled to a free Licence at the moment. At the stage at which she moves in, I would suggest simply asking TVL whether the Free Licence covers the whole property or just her annex(*), and then you can decide what to do with your part of the property with the benefit of that knowledge.

(*) There are various considerations including whether all parties are family members, whether the properties have separate front doors, etc.

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^ The free over 75 TV licence will cover the whole property. If your annex is not listed as a dwelling in it's own right e.g. doesn't have it's own house number and isn't liable for it's own council tax, then don't be fobbed off into buying 2 separate licences from TVL.

Cornucopia

DavidP24 wrote: »

... they all have cameras now.

Do they? I've not noticed it in any videos, though it's not always clear how old they are.

frecklepower

Thank you Cornucopia, LeeUK, DavidP24 for your helpful replies. I have been emboldened to take a look at the TV Licensing site, and found this statement:

After your 75th birthday, you can get a free TV Licence. It covers you as well as anyone you live with.

I had been worried that, as my wife and I are (or will be) the house owners, our under-75 status would trump my mother's over-75 status, and so we would need a full license to cover her usage. But the TVL site does not mention house ownership, only 'anyone you live with'. So that's clear enough: either my mother is deemed to be living with us, and therefore her free license is valid for her (and would cover us incidentally); or she does not live with us (ie her flat is deemed separate), her free license is valid for her, and we need pay the license fee only if we ourselves watch live TV. As Cornucopia advises, it will be worth us clarifying the actual 'living with' position with TVL when the time comes.

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DavidP24 wrote: »

If you do not need a licence they like you to tell them here:

https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/cs/no-licence-needed/about.app

But you should note that, it is merely what they would like you to do.

There is no legal requirement for you to do, and doing so may result in them asking to search your home.

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DavidP24 wrote: »

One said there was a Sky dish so they would apply for warrant.

Based on that logic, I have milk in my fridge, so I must own a cow.

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DavidP24 wrote: »

they have what they call a "lighter" follow up even if you declare you do not need a licence.

In what way is it lighter :huh:

Do they wear slippers, while conducting the search?

Cornucopia

DavidP24 wrote: »

You can see from the videos I posted above that they have what they call a "lighter" follow up even if you declare you do not need a licence.

Sorry to be pedantic, but they SAY they have a "lighter" follow up. Like Bob, I am sceptical about what the difference could/should be - perhaps they only hammer on the door twice instead of three times?

Most people who have dealt with TVL (from an unlicensed standpoint) for any period of time have been lied to many, many times and become somewhat weary of it. The level of trust is absolutely rock-bottom.

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Cornucopia wrote: »

perhaps they only hammer on the door twice instead of three times?

Unless it's Sheldon Cooper, in which case it'll always be three times.

Lewie

Time for another referendum me thinks!!