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[vickyp1976]

Re: philips

i have read it and i understand it i will have to write the sar for my own personal circumstances now then and see what happens?!

[Amy]

Re: philips

i have read it and i understand it i will have to write the sar for my own personal circumstances now then and see what happens?!

Excellent, well done.

Tomorrow morning call the court and tell them you cannot afford to pay this fine all in one go. Explain your circumstances and ask for a Means Enquiry Hearing. You will be required to complete an Income & Expenditure form in order that the Magistrates can agree repayments at an affordable level.

They may well be reluctant to allow this because you did not keep to the repayments before. However, you are still on benefits.

Please forgive my interruption here but having made a reasonable offer to them and their declining said reasonable offer..does that not constitute a declination of payment?...And give them no further recourse to legal action? in other words they would be laughed out of court for refusing to accept a reasonable payment...

No, it doesn't work like that. This is a Magistrates' court fine. Have a read of the bailiff guide for an explanation.

[Knightron]

Re: philips

No, it doesn't work like that. This is a Magistrates' court fine. Have a read of the bailiff guide for an explanation.

Thanks Amy..
My Next question in that case would be ..what was a civil offence doing in a magistrates court?..What law has been broken?..

On 1 April 2004, most of the television licensing provisions in the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (as amended), the Broadcasting Act 1990 and the Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) Regulations were repealed and replaced by similar provisions in Part 4 of the Communications Act 2003 and The Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004.

Now Please forgive me for coming across as pedantic, but I was taught that a "ACT" or "Regulations" was only given force of law by consent..! A Law, on the Other hand, can not be repealed , nor can it be amended.
In My humble and personal opinion,This case should never have been in a magistrates court to start with..:tinysmile_hmm_t2:
The initial fine was for a default against the BBC or British Broadcasting Corporation, or a (Company)..this is not within the Jurisdiction of the "criminal justice system" and should not have been brought before a Magistrate..!

[Amy]

Re: philips

Thanks Amy..
My Next question in that case would be ..what was a civil offence doing in a magistrates court?..What law has been broken?..

It is not a civil offence, it is a criminal offence.

[vickyp1976]

Re: philips

i have jus spoken to the courts they say it cant be referred back to the courts they no longer do this apparently and i need to deal with philips directly? i am on my way into town now to see my localcab office as i dont understand all this