SCHEDULE 2FEES FOR TV LICENCES PAYABLE BY INSTALMENTS
F1PART 4Simple payment plan licence (not black and white only)
20.
(1)
Circumstance A is that the person—
(a)
has been questioned under caution on or after 1st April 2018 about a TV licensing offence, and
(b)
is not, immediately before the issue date, authorised under a TV licence to install or use a TV receiver.
(2)
Circumstance B is that the person has, within the period of 6 months ending with the issue date, received advice from a debt advice charity in relation to any of the person’s financial obligations.
(3)
Circumstance C is that the person—
(a)
held a TV licence (other than a simple payment licence) within the period of 6 months ending with the issue date,
(b)
failed to make one or more payments in respect of that licence, and
(c)
is not, immediately before the issue date, authorised under a TV licence to install or use a TV receiver.
(4)
In this paragraph—
“a debt advice charity” means—
(a)
Advice NI,
(b)
Christians against Poverty,
(c)
the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux,
(d)
the Northern Ireland Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux,
(e)
the Scottish National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux,
(f)
Money Advice Trust, or
(g)
Foundation for Credit Counselling;
“TV licensing offence” means an offence under—
(a)
section 363(2) of the Act (installing or using a television receiver without a licence),
(b)
section 363(3) of the Act (possessing or controlling a receiver and intending to install or use it without a licence etc), or
(c)
section 366(8) of the Act (obstructing or failing to assist a person using powers to enforce TV licensing).