2.—(1) The 1997 Regulations shall be amended in accordance with this regulation.
(2) In regulation 2 there shall be inserted at the end–
“(c)“the due date” in relation to any television licence means the date on which the licensee is required to obtain the licence in accordance with the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 whether in consequence of the expiry of the previous licence or otherwise.”.
(3) In regulation 4 there shall be inserted at the end–
“(3) On the issue of a television licence of a type specified in an entry in column 1 of Schedule 4 to these Regulations and of the description specified in column 2 of that Schedule in relation to that entry, there shall be paid (irrespective of the duration of the licence) as the issue fee for a licence of that type and description the sum which is prescribed in column 3 of that Schedule in respect of that entry and thereafter as instalment payments such sums as are so prescribed.”.
(4) In Part I of Schedule 2–
(a)for “£33.50” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “ £34.50”, and
(b)for “£101.00” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “£104.00”.
(5) In Part II of Schedule 2–
(a)for the words “of pensionable age” in each place where they occur there shall be substituted the words “aged 60 years or more”, and
(b)the definition of “pensionable age” in each place where it occurs shall be omitted.
(6) In entry 1 in Schedule 3 for “£26.50” there shall be substituted “ £27.25”.
(7) For entries 2 and 3 in Schedule 3 there shall be substituted the entries set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
(8) After Schedule 3 there shall be inserted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.