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If a HMO (House of multiple occupancy) receives a fine for not having a TV licence, how is it decided WHO pays the fine?

Each tenant has his own tenancy agreement.

The (ONE large TV) is in the living room (communal area) so I don't see why each tenant requires their own licence

....and what happens if none of the tenants pays the fine ?

The tenants may or may not watch TV on their devices in their rooms but as that can't be proven it's irrelevant to this question.

As it can't be determined exactly WHO in the house has been watching TV (without a licence) on the communal TV then how can one specific name be put on the summons ???

It would be unfair to fine everyone ??

There is ONE large TV in a communal area (the living room).

Wether they watch any TV on their laptops....I have no idea. As that is unknown (and not really provable) I have assumed for the sake of argument that they do not.

So the question remains.... If someone in the house watches TV on the living room TV (and there is no licence for it and no one in the house has paid for a TV licence) who will be responsible for paying any fine ??

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  • 3 years ago

    Nothing to do with rental agreements

    Simple question

    DOES the person "watching" need a licence

    if no one was watching ... no offence

    if someone admitted watching (or recording) LIVE TV

    or watching "BBC" iplayer (not the other catch-ups), then that person needed a Licence..

    So did they have one, or the house have one ?

    The person admiting committing the offence and being prosecuted...

    is the one at fault.

    upto the rest of you if you feel that you would make the same admission ...and help the unfortunate one out.

    edit:

    in all seriousness,

    if you 'are' watching TV, then just go out and get a licence..

    Approx 50/day.. .shared by all in the house is very small ..

    one for the whole house will keep the inspectors away...

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