TV Licences: Up to 3.7 million over-75s to pay licence fee

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Re: TV Licences: Up to 3.7 million over-75s to pay licence fee

Post by expressman33 » Mon Aug 03 2020 5:33pm

if you are aged 75 or over and covered by a free TV licence expiring on 31 July 2020 [1], you do not have to do anything to stay properly licensed until we write to you. We will be sending letters from August. This General Notice applies in the UK only.

https://www.bbc.com/aboutthebbc/reports ... fUPPs5pg24
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Post by Chadwick » Mon Aug 03 2020 6:21pm

expressman33 wrote:
Mon Aug 03 2020 5:33pm
if you are aged 75 or over and covered by a free TV licence expiring on 31 July 2020 [1], you do not have to do anything to stay properly licensed until we write to you. We will be sending letters from August. This General Notice applies in the UK only.

https://www.bbc.com/aboutthebbc/reports ... fUPPs5pg24
I'm understanding this to mean if you previously had a free TV licence, you should wait for the letter, regardless of whether you think you're now entitled to a free or a paid licence.
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Post by blythburgh » Tue Aug 04 2020 8:53am

A friend, who is intelligent, phoned me up for advice. He had read the letter and was totally confused as tp what he had to do. Why I have no idea but I told him to bin the letter and forget it. He is 73 and on pension credit but he does not own a TV, and has not since he lost his wife to cancer in 1992.

So my question is will everyone on pension credit be getting the letter regardless of age? Will they be as confused.com as my friend?
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