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TV licence query - rented apartment

  • 27-10-2009 03:34PM
    #1
    mobileplaza
    Closed Accounts Posts: 237 ✭✭


    Hey guys got a letter from the tv license company this morning, notifying me that our rented apartment is not covered by a tv license.
    The apartment is fully furnished & a tv was provided when we moved in,
    i would presume that its down to the landlord to pay this? or would the occupier by liable?

    any info greatly appreciated


Comments

  • #2
    Paulw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,270 ✭✭✭✭Paulw


    My understanding is that it's up to the person using the TV (the resident) to buy the TV license.


  • #3
    WithCheesePlease
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,010 ✭✭✭WithCheesePlease


    Paulw wrote: »
    My understanding is that it's up to the person using the TV (the resident) to buy the TV license.

    What he said. Always up to the resident to pay the licence. Correct me if I'm wrong but the letter would have been addressed to the resident, and not to the named owner. So it's up to you I'm afraid.

    Otherwise ask your landlord to remove the tv.


  • #4
    shoegirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,098 ✭✭✭shoegirl


    If you give the TV back to your landlord, you'll no longer be liable.


  • #5
    tHE vAGGABOND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,693 ✭✭✭tHE vAGGABOND


    To not be liable, you must not have any TV in apartment, at all.

    Even if you have a 20 year old TV in one of bedrooms, plugged out etc you must pay license...


  • #6
    mrziggy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭mrziggy


    Yes the tenant (the person using the tv) must pay. Even if you live in an area where there is no possibility of getting any reception whatsoever, you must still pay for the license if you own a tv set. A court case years ago decided on that.


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  • #7
    fasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 981 ✭✭✭fasty


    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/consumer-affairs/media/tv_licences

    What everyone above said...

    Apparently in the UK if the TV doesn't have any channels tuned in and isn't connected to an aerial you don't need to pay a license.


  • #8
    Paulw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,270 ✭✭✭✭Paulw


    fasty wrote: »
    Apparently in the UK if the TV doesn't have any channels tuned in and isn't connected to an aerial you don't need to pay a license.

    We're not in the UK, so that doesn't apply.

    If you have a TV, you need a TV license. End of.


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