TV license for students

pvr

pvr

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 Ruler of the South East UK
This is what is states on the web site for students (http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/for-your-home/students-aud1/?WT.mc_id=r107) :

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You don’t need a TV Licence if
You don’t watch or record television programmes as they’re being shown on TV – on any device


If you don’t watch or record television programmes, or you only stream TV programmes online after they’ve been broadcast – through on-demand services like YouTube, BBC iPlayer and 4oD – you don’t need to be covered by a
TV Licence.
Or all of these are true

Your out-of-term address is covered by a
TV Licence
AND you only use TV receiving equipment that is powered solely by its own internal batteries
AND you have not connected it to an aerial or plugged it into the mains.
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So if you use a laptop and disconnect it from the mains, you can watch live tv from the internet as that is not an aerial???
 
Technically correct. But you have to stop watching if the battery is being charged (connected to the main).
 
I recently asked the question re: TV modules in cars and if they were covered? Technically they should be but whether or not there's any regulation I'm unsure...which is a bit rubbish really being as I work for the BBC :headbang:
 
PVR My daughter has just cleared uni year one without a licence based upon exactly how you describe it.

Battery powered laptop and BBC inlayer did it fine and no issues, even when visited by an inspector.

Year 2 the house has a tv, no aerial and DVD player, so see how that goes ???
 
Your answer is in the first line.

You don’t need a TV Licence if
You don’t watch or record television programmes as they’re being shown on TV – on any device

Battery power or not, if you're watching something as it is broadcast, be that via an aerial or via the internet, you need a TV licence.
 
Old friend of mine at uni, didnt have a license... invited the guys around to take a look. They tell you when they come around, so all he did was remove all the aerials in advance, and reinserted when they'd gone...

this was 15+ years ago, so things may have changed.

I lived in a shared house with more than one TV (there were 5 in our house, all with TVs) and we had one license for the house... nobody ever questioned it :D
 
IK. said:
Your answer is in the first line.

You don’t need a TV Licence if
You don’t watch or record television programmes as they’re being shown on TV – on any device

Battery power or not, if you're watching something as it is broadcast, be that via an aerial or via the internet, you need a TV licence.
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There is a second part though, which seems to contradict this:

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Or all of these are true

Your out-of-term address is covered by a TV Licence
AND you only use TV receiving equipment that is powered solely by its own internal batteries
AND you have not connected it to an aerial or plugged it into the mains

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That is the one I am looking at:

- I have a TV license at my house, so point 1 is covered
- Laptop is battery powered
- It is not connected to an aerial (internet connection only and internet <> aerial).
 
or you can realise its a private company and f**k them.

you have no obligation to let them in, or reply to them, or proove you dont have a tv.

after they let f1 i will never forgive them
 
I lived in a 1st floor flat and the doorbell didn't work... I don't know if they ever came to visit me, LOL!
 
sp3ctre said:
I lived in a 1st floor flat and the doorbell didn't work... I don't know if they ever came to visit me, LOL!
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Can't rely on that. My daughter was issued with a summons for the 6 bedrooms of her accomodation unit on campus. The default position is they assume a tv and pursue so you have to allow them to visit, inspect and prove reasonably there is no tv in use. She of course did that. One lad in the unit with fully wired TV had his fine to pay :)
 
complete bollocks and false infomation from above. I reckon your daughter recieved a false summons, similar to private parking companies and got scared.

you DO NOT have to allow them to visit your home, or inspect. If they want to do that they will need a court order. In order to get a court order they need to proove with photos there is a tv in your house and you are watching it.

guess how many court orders were given to inspect premises for tv lisences last year? ill give you a clue i can count them on one hand.
 
cj10jeeper said:
sp3ctre said:
I lived in a 1st floor flat and the doorbell didn't work... I don't know if they ever came to visit me, LOL!
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Can't rely on that. My daughter was issued with a summons for the 6 bedrooms of her accomodation unit on campus. The default position is they assume a tv and pursue so you have to allow them to visit, inspect and prove reasonably there is no tv in use. She of course did that. One lad in the unit with fully wired TV had his fine to pay :)
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That does sound suspect to me. I haven't had a tv license for 5 years. I phoned them, told them I don't watch tv and in 5 years I haven't heard anything from them. I and almost looking forward to a visit as my friends were in a similar situation and the inspectors got really arsey as they didn't believe a house full of lads didn't watch tv.
 
I can see what you're saying CJ, and you may get out of it by way of a technicality. It's worth emailing them for clarification, which you could then use as evidence.
 
Why is it a technicality though? It clearly lists the requirements though. How would you interpret the 3 requirements listed that state when you don't need a license?
 
It would appear it is for something else, which is why I would question it; otherwise why would a laptop plugged into the mains require a licence where a laptop running on battery power not?
 
Sorry to not come back sooner.
Ok so caught up with my daughter and this is what happened. 6 rooms in an apartment, several in a block and adds up to 600+ students in the unit.
tv is provided by the broadband vendor along with phone and Internet. Her package gave tv by default. She never used it only iplayer and dvd's.
Received a letter threatening action. Ignored it and got another threatening court action with a fine up to £5000. That shook a 19 year old up :)

Called and advised she had no tv and on the next site visit someone came in and she showed her setup. She invited them in - no court order crap. All cool and no issues. Lad in one room showed his setup of a tv plugged in plus aerial and is now awaiting if they take it further.

Morale is the campus with 000's students is a happy hunting ground. Also nobody needs live tv at uni. Too much else to do
 
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