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Originally Posted by mklynds
Harry, is that fee incorporated into your cable/satellite or is it part of your property tax or income tax? Or is it some other way I have yet to conceive?
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It'a totally separate payment that has to be paid to a company contracted by the BBC to collect the money. If you want satellite or cable you have to pay for them in addition to the TV license.
If you buy a TV you generally have to give your details to the store so that they can inform the licensing people to check up on you.
They also check randomly on any addresses that aren't licensed to make sure you don't own a TV, and they have the power to enter and search premises (I think they need 'grounds to belive there is an unlicensed set on the premises', but lack of a license seems to be suitable grounds), and a generally very rude and obnoxious, refusing to belive there are people out there who could possibly have no wish to own a TV. (I do have a TV, but I have a few friends who are continually harrassed by them).
http://www.marmalade.net/lime/ is an interesting site about it!