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Bossyboots wrote:

You are not put on the electoral roll.

I was.

My son did not live in halls but he still received a letter, at our house, informing him of his need to obtain a TV licence. He contacted the uni to ask why his details had been passed on without his permission. No-one at uni will admit to doing this, but the letter contains his reference numbers so there is nowhere else it can have come from.

I did say that it was entirely possible that the university passed on my details directly. It could easily be the case that they're obliged to by law- TV Licensing have a lot of legal powers- a disturbing amount if you ask me.

derrick

blinky wrote:

By Law you do not have to let the detector people in when they call (unless they have a warrant) but you do have to show them any equipment capable of receiving a TV signal.

They would also need the police to prevent a breach of the peace, not sure if the police would be interested
As you say you do not have to let them in, so how are you going to show them the equipment? unplug it and take it to the door?
Just close the door on them, they would need to convince a magistrate that they have reason for a warrant to be granted and to my knowledge not many if any have been granted.

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Altarf

Altarf wrote:

Of course you can tell them to get lost, as they have no right of entry (although they will give the impression they have).

gizmoleeds wrote:

Then they could call for a detector van while you cover your TV in tinfoil.

You assume that they have lots of detector vans anymore. Using the TV licence database, these days they just knock on every door that doesn't have a TV licence, and bully the person who answers into letting them in.

Even if they had evidence from a detector van that a TV was in use, they would still need a court warrant to gain entry. It's administratively expensive for them to get warrants and then to execute them so they are used fairly infrequently.

If they have the evidence to get a warrant and they also have your name, then they will usually go straight to issuing you with a summons to bring you to court. This is far more cost-effective as in each Magistrates Court region they prosecute approx 50 cases in a 2 hour court session every 4-6 weeks, so even if they don't win a few of these they don't mind.

As an aside, the technique of knocking on the door during the day and early evening, means that over two thirds of those convicted of having no licence are women.

sfboy

I think the licence fee is a rip off. I'm a student and can ill afford a TV licence, I'm certainly not getting one until I have the time or the inclination to watch TV. Ok - I guess that'll be in the first week. But it's about 120 quid!
I've looked at http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/licencefee/ and I don't think that represents very good value for money especially when prime-time BBC1 is re-runs of 'only fools and horses', crap movies that are repeated every christmas and two playing of 'neighbors' a day (I love neighbors btw) - but there's no need for two.
The money doesn't even pay for decent films or sporting events - I was not happy one day to tune into neighbors only to find 3 hours of televised golf - zzzz. A sky package is only 10 pounds more a month and you get 10 times the number of channels so you can watch what you want not repeats of 'Gardeners World'. Sorry for my vent but why do the over 75s get a free licence and us students - who aren't even receiving a pension (not for the want of trying) are charged for crap?

Mr_Skint_2

If you use Freeview, isnt it well, Freeview.

I know you still need a licence but pleading ignorance to the fact of owning a Freeview Box would be quite intriuging.

SomeOne_2

Mr_Skint wrote:

If you use Freeview, isnt it well, Freeview.

I know you still need a licence but pleading ignorance to the fact of owning a Freeview Box would be quite intriuging.

You still need a TV to plug your Freeview box into.
How else are you going to watch it?
Also it still counts as an equipment that is capable of recieving a TV signal so you would need a license.

Mr_Skint_2

SomeOne wrote:

You still need a TV to plug your Freeview box into.
How else are you going to watch it?
Also it still counts as an equipment that is capable of recieving a TV signal so you would need a license.

Er I did actually know that, I was merely trying to see if you could act dumb
and baffle the courts.

ben500

Mr_Skint wrote:

Er I did actually know that, I was merely trying to see if you could act dumb
and baffle the courts.

The courts convict dumb people every day up and down the country the smart ones never reach them.

Mr_Skint_2

ben500 wrote:

The courts convict dumb people every day up and down the country the smart ones never reach them.

So the Welsh have a higher prosecution rate then

ben500

Mr_Skint wrote:

So the Welsh have a higher prosecution rate then

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We have lots of English students here :rolleyes: :rolleyes: