Television licences in Jersey (FOI)

​​​Request

A

Please advise the current law for television licence requirements in Jersey please? 

B

Do you require a licence if you just watch none live television and you do not watch iPlayer? 

C

Also, are there currently agents knocking on doors checking for such licenses and who has the right to enter?

Response

The information requested is absolutely exempt from disclosure under Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 as it is publicly available.

A and C

The Attorney General publishes a range of guidelines and directives which include: Attorney General’s Direction 3/2019 – Television Licensing Enforcement in Jersey:

Attorney General's guidelines and directives (gov.je)​

AG's Directive 3 2019 - TV licensing enforcement.pdf (gov.je)​

B

Full information about the requirement to have a TV Licence is available on the official TV Licensing website. Please see the following link:

About the TV Licence (tvlicensing.co.uk)

Article applied

Article 23 - Information accessible to applicant by other means

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is reasonably available to the applicant, otherwise than under this Law, whether or not free of charge.

(2) A scheduled public authority that refuses an application for information on this ground must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant where the applicant may obtain the information.