TV licence prosecution outcomes (FOI)TV licence prosecution outcomes (FOI)
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Request
Hello,
Please can you let me know
1) dates and outcomes from prosecutions in Jersey for not having a tv licence
2) last legal standing on not having a TV licence.
Cheers
Response
1)
YEAR
| Number of prosecutions/Parish hall sanctions under the Broadcasting & Communications (Jersey) Order 2004 (as recorded by the States of Jersey Police)
|
| 2008 | 6 (3x Written Cautions, 1x £50 fine, 1x £80 fine, 1x £100 fine (+ 1x outstanding Arrest Order) |
| 2009 | 0 |
| 2010 | 10 (8x Written Cautions, 1x Bound over for 12 months, 1x £50 fine (+ 1x outstanding Arrest Order))
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| 2011 | 0
|
| 2012 | 0
|
| 2013 | 0
|
| 2014 | 14 (14x Written Cautions)
|
| 2015 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0
|
| 2017 | 0
|
| 2018 | 0
|
| 2019 | 0
|
| 2020 | 0
|
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0
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| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0
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2)
The information requested is absolutely exempt from disclosure under Article 23 of the FOI Law because it is already publicly available.
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)
ID AG's Directive 3 2019 - TV licensing enforcement.pdf (gov.je)
There is full information about the requirement to have a TV Licence on the official TV Licensing website:
About the TV Licence (tvlicensing.co.uk)
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