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Household charge Legality

  • 17-02-2012 12:09PM
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    Andy Mc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 79 ✭✭Andy Mc


    I received this by email from a friend. Can anyone confirm whether this is true or not, I was going to register and pay the charge but now I may not.


    “You won’t get a bill because the charge is a Statute. People need to understand this: A Statute is a “legislated rule of society given the force of law by the consent of the governed.”(Black’s Law Dictionary 4th edition). Who are those it governs? Us, the public.
    This household charge is a Statute, otherwise known as an Act of Government and only carries the force of law upon you if you consent to it which means that you are legally obliged to pay if you consent or in other words go on to householdcharge.ie and register. Your silence and inaction will also give the appearance of no consent. If you do not consent, a Statute cannot affect you in any way whatsoever.
    The courts know this and the last thing they will do is tell you. In fact they will hide this from you at every opportunity they can. On the other hand, if you tell them, they will accept it because they know it is actually true. According to the above definitions a statutory instrument is a contract. If you register for this “charge” you are consenting to this statute ie: signing the contract. This is why the Government are ASKING the people to register and not just billing them instead.”

    not again! :mad:

    the next person who posts this should get banned imo.

    Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
    Andy Mc wrote: »
    I received this by email from a friend. Can anyone confirm whether this is true or not, I was going to register and pay the charge but now I may not.

    It's pretty safe to say you'll end up in court if you don't pay up. We can all then tell you we told you so but might just be best to pay up.

    It works by Self Assessment, exactly like registering for Income Tax when setting up a business. Revenue don't write out to you asking you to register for Income Tax, they expect you to inform yourself on taxes and register.

    This is similar and the large media coverage it is getting will leave pleading ignorance a pretty poor defence.


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