Dog licence registered in New Zealand after 1 July 2006 must be microchipped before they can be registered. In England, Wales and Scotland, dog licensing was abolished in 1987. Prior to this dog licences were mandatory, but the requirement was widely ignored, with only about half of owners having one. The final rate for a dog licence was 37 pence, reduced from 37½p when the halfpenny was withdrawn in 1984. This figure was an exact conversion from 7/6 (seven shillings and sixpence) on decimalisation in 1971. The revenue went to local authorities. In 2016 it became a requirement that all dogs in
Television licensing in the United Kingdom the document of blind registration or a certificate from an ophthalmologist. The concessionary TV licence covers TV use by the whole household. Those aged over 60 and in residential care homes (including nursing homes, public-sector sheltered housing and almshouses) can get "Accommodation for Residential Care" (ARC) licences for £7.50 a year. TV licence sales figures were quoted by the BBC to be 25.562 million in the year 2014/15, including 4.502 million concessionary licences for the over 75s, which were paid for by the UK government. The equivalent figures for the year 2013/14 were 25.478 million total licences including 4.328 million