Its easy to speculate about how the name was obtained etc., but bear in mind that An Post police TV licences, so its easy for them to find out who lives at an address.
However, once you get to court and are on front of the Judge, what answer are you going to give to the following questions?
1. Did you have a TV at the time of the alleged offence?
2. Did you have a TV license at the time of the alleged offence?
If you lie and the inspectors have proof, then you have problems.
No, you are not obliged to answer any of their questions or give your name. Also they have no right of entry into a house unless they have a search warrant and are with Gardaí.They can't send you a summons unless the Inspector calls to the address and speaks to someone. Taking a name from a Bin Tag/Postman will allow them to send you reminders, etc, but no summons will issue.
Does anybody know if you legally have to give your name or someones name to the Inspector?
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Originally Posted by csirl http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?p=524094#post524094
Its easy to speculate about how the name was obtained etc., but bear in mind that An Post police TV licences, so its easy for them to find out who lives at an address.
However, once you get to court and are on front of the Judge, what answer are you going to give to the following questions?
1. Did you have a TV at the time of the alleged offence?
2. Did you have a TV license at the time of the alleged offence?
If you lie and the inspectors have proof, then you have problems.
but thats not how a court case works..... they can't just drag you into court and ask you if you committed a crime , they need proof...
or could you be called to court and asked if you ever broke the speed limit in your life ....
Not in a district court. The evidence is presented first and then the accused is asked for his side of the story. This is always the way things are done in summary trials.Remember that at the start of each case, the accused gets asked to make a guilty or not guilty plea.
Taking a name from a Bin Tag/Postman will allow them to send you reminders, etc, but no summons will issue.
Does anybody know if you legally have to give your name or someones name to the Inspector?
It seems that they calculate costs based on when they originally wrote to you to when you bought the license. I guess my mate was warned over a year ago hence the €180. In actual fact he has not had a license for about 20 years so he got a bargain!Thats the same place I've to go today Clubman - the door is right beside Kylemore on O'Connell Street and it has a sign for An POst on the inside of the door. In my case, I've to pay 70 or 80 euro, as I purchased the licence a while back so I'm only liable for difference between the two dates.
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