TV License fine

[BAILIFFCHASER]

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You can only be done if when the people from the l authority turn up and your tv is switched on. If the tv is unplugged they cant do much to you and have to bugger off !!!

[Matrix]

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If this is 1 flat with a lounge and 2 bedrooms i don't see how she can even be fined?

Did they not have nay license at all? If not then they should share the fine, if the fine is applicable in the end.

If the TV guys didn't turn the TV on to see it works then I can't see how they can prove it was in use. If my TV broke and i couldn't fix it, it would stay were it is until i could replace or fix it, it so wouldn't mean i was using it.

Did they test the TV?

But if the residence, have already made statements its taking the context of those statements and manipulating it to their advantage.

[THEPITBULL]

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What is a TV license ??

I dont have one (hahaha)

And yes 6 times they have taken me to court only to get beaten every time by me, If you can get A FULL copy of the law on TV licensing anyone that is taken to court for not having one will win. But getting that copy is hard!!!!!!

The last time I beat them it was over the wording of the COAX (ariel cable) and it is ONLY the BBC that have ammended the wording to DIGITAL, Not the law HAS YET. But I am struggling to get hold of the FIRST agreement that was signed by the government which state`s what the BBC are allowed to charge for and the terms and condistions of that. Has the BBC send programming to many countries I,E, India Iraq, South Africa .... But do they get ANY MONEY from them for the TV licensing ?????

Anyway I think they have given up on me it is 18 month since the last time I was in court for not having a TV license....


DONT BUY A LICENSE

[Amethyst]

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Theres a lot of information across the net about the alledged illegality of tv licencing and of council tax.

If you aren't confident or up for a big fight then I'd keep paying. The arguments are very technical and take advantage of unintentional gaps and wording in legislation which they will plug up once they work it out.

I do have lots of admiration for those people who spot these errors and are willing to stick themselves on the front line to point the systems failings out.

[enaid]

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Family pets, a pigeon falling down a chimney and a sick magpie are among the things blamed by people who failed to pay their television licences.
More than 280,000 fee evaders were caught in the first eight months of the year.
A TV Licensing spokesman said the range of excuses made by people when inquiry officers called ranged from the "sublime to the ridiculous".
The organisation has published 10 of most bizarre explanations given by people as reasons for not paying.
Top of the list was "a pigeon fell down the chimney and broke the aerial so I have bad reception".
Another excuse was: "I've not been making payments as a baby magpie flew into my house and I had to stay in and feed it until it was OK."
One telly addict suggested the pet dog was the only viewer and so should not have to pay.
Another suggested their 11-year-old son must have bought the TV during the night because it had not been there when they went to bed.
The spokesman warned that those watching television without a licence were breaking the law and faced a fine of up to £1,000.