Is the TV license inspector empowered to enter your home and verify if you have no TV ? Can a person claim to have no TV set/broken TV set but refuse entry to him or her ? How does that work ?
Nope, they cannot enter without permission, they need to obtain a search warrant and then return with the Gardai to enter. This could take a few days. Plenty of time in between to obtain a licence.I doubt that the inspector can enter your home without permission.
Huh?!Noise + Wipe + It .....
I doubt that the inspector can enter your home without permission.
A tuner gives off a signal they can detect from outside. They can even tell which station you are watching.
Nope, they cannot enter without permission, they need to obtain a search warrant and then return with the Gardai to enter. This could take a few days. Plenty of time in between to obtain a licence.
What has "noise" got to do with that?(Clubman, Wipe their noses in it - see original post)
What has "noise" got to do with that?
http://www.audgen.gov.ie/documents/vfmreports/47_TVLicence.pdf(Clubman, Wipe their noses in it - see original post)
The licence inspectors follow a set procedure. There is a flow chart on the internet somewhere that details it. Interestingly, it assumes that the occupant has a television.
To clarify a few points re above (1) Inspectors work from a database which tells them houses/apartments which have/haven't licences. This database is not always accurate e.g the slightest error in spelling will cause problems. (2) Inspectors do not have any kind of apparatus to detect a TV in a house. (3) They do not have permission to enter a house. They request permission. (4) Once an aerial is detected they can prosecute, an aerial is part of a TV apparatus under the Act. (5) They give plenty of time for a licence to be purchased and/or a licence holder to produce a current licence, or if cannot be found, give details of where purchased, when etc. Going to Court is a very last resort. As a general rule this is how it works. I know individuals will have different stories which have been covered on this forum before.
....But how can they prove that any signal comes from my house and not from behind it or beside it etc? In many houses I can think of , in particular my own, the neighbours TV set is on the opposite side of the party wall from mine.
And in lots of houses in particular my mothers old Georgian house, the TV set is at the back and there is a huge barrier at the front and back between where the public street meets the door.
No signal could get through. Can you explain some more about the science involved in this ?....
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