Any person in occupancy at an address where a television set is held is legally responsible for the licensing of the television set regardless of ownership of either the premises or the set itself.
The occupiers, not the owners, are responsible for buying the TV license.
For this very reason, my landlord did not put a TV in the apartment I rented a few years ago.
This may not have been sufficient for you to have been exempt.
AFAIK, the ability to receive a signal (e.g. if the apartment had an aerial socket + aerial) is enough to warrant a requirement for a license.
Fair enough - maybe I stand corrected then.
I didn't think it was quite as simple as no TV= no license requirement though.
of course its that simple..thats why its called a TV licence, if you dont have a TV you dont need a licence.......would you need a dog licence if you did,nt have dog?Fair enough - maybe I stand corrected then.
I didn't think it was quite as simple as no TV= no license requirement though.
The summons is for the former tenant, not the landlord, so I'm not sure why the landlord needs to be involved other than informing the former tenant of the summons. Its up to the former tenant to make arrangements for court. If they are not represented in court, I doubt it would be struck out - as a previous poster said, they'd likely get a larger fine than if they turned up and apologised.
I think the OP - probably trying to be helpful, is getting too involved in this. I would strongly advise the OP against turning up at court. Its not the OPs responsibility to look after the legal affairs of a former tenant or inform a court of the tenants excuses and I very much doubt that a Judge would be willing to listen to a 3rd party anyway - they are only interested in the person summonsed or a legal professional acting under instruction.
Just pass the summons onto the former tenant and leave it at that.
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