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TV License - what does "exhibiting" mean?

  • 20-06-2017 2:36pm
    #1
    CoffeeInThePot
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭


    Hi guys, hopefully you can settle an ongoing discussion with a friend.

    I recently moved into a new house and I don't have a TV. Therefore, I haven't taken a TV license. However, the previous occupants have left a satellite dish and an aerial behind.

    My friend claims that I need a TV license because anything that can receive a signal is covered by the legislation.

    I looked up the Broadcasting Act 2009, but my friend still isn't convinced. He's starting to get me spooked. Iit says:
    Broadcasting Act 2009 wrote:
    "television set" means any electronic apparatus capable of receiving and exhibiting television broadcasting services broadcast for general reception (whether or not its use for that purpose is dependent on the use of anything else in conjunction with it) and any software or assembly comprising such apparatus and other apparatus;

    -

    So, apologies for bothering you with my questions:

    1. Am I right in thinking that an aerial is capable of receiving television broadcasting services, but is not capable of exhibiting it?

    2. If I'm right in the above, does that mean that someone who has an aerial or satellite dish, but does not have a TV, set top box, tuner card etc. is not required to have a TV license?

    3. What in your opinion does "exhibit" mean in the above act? My presumption is that it is synonymous to "display".

    4. Are you aware of specific cases involving a situation like that?

    Thanks!


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  • #2
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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  • #3
    CoffeeInThePot
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭CoffeeInThePot


    That's brilliant, thanks for the clear answer. Out of interest, is anyone aware of any case law demonstrating this? (Sorry if that's not the right terminology, I don't have any legal background whatsoever!)


  • #4
    Peregrinus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,713 ✭✭✭✭Peregrinus


    I don;t think there's any case law on the point, if only because nobody has ever been prosecuted for having a satellite dish/aerial and not paying for a licence.

    Your friend's misconception is doing the rounds because the (normally excellent) citizens information website says that you need a licence if you have "equipment capable of receiving a television signal". They're summarising the effect of the Act, and all summaries involve sacrificing some details, and a detail that they have sacrificed here is the fact that the equipment has to be capable of receiving and exhibiting television signals.


  • #5
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,494 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Fred Swanson wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.
    It may mean "to display or to show images" and/or audio.


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