I think that the idea is that you are paying for the opportunity/ability to watch BBC channels. If then you don't use that opportunity, that's not their business.
The battery-operated bit is to allow people to take a TV on holiday without having to obtain a separate license for their holiday address, although the wording of the law means that students whose permanent address is their parent(')s(') house are still covered by their parent(')s(') TV license as long as the TV they have at uni is battery-powered.
The batteries have to be enclosed within the casing of the TV set, so no you can't use an UPS, and there still has to be a TV licence registered to the household you technically live as part of.
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Date: 2005-03-03 01:49 pm (UTC)A battery backed power system.
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Date: 2005-03-03 03:14 pm (UTC)The batteries have to be enclosed within the casing of the TV set, so no you can't use an UPS, and there still has to be a TV licence registered to the household you technically live as part of.
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