Since the introduction of the legal requirement to have a licence in respect of broadcasting receiving equipment in 1926, the law has always been applied on the basis that one licence covers any number of receivers of the same type at the same premises and no distinction has been made in relation to the level of licence fee as between different types of premises.
In an interim report on the collection of television licences the Committee of Public Accounts recommended that my Department examine the inequity of having the same licence fee for large hotels as for domestic residences. My Department is currently examining the implications of that recommendation together with the other recommendations made by the committee.