The Department for Transport (DfT) issued a press release today stating that, amongst a number of measures to cur ‘Red-Tape’ for motorists the requirement to annually make a Satutory Off Road Notification (SORN) declaration for vehicles that are off the road and not in use is to be scrapped.
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Continuous Insurance Enforcement
Unlicenced vehicles on private land
Unlicensed vehicles on private land
An interesting issue arose as part of the 2008 Finance Bill, which recently passed through parliament. Until now, if a vehicle was not licensed or covered by SORN it could only be wheel clamped or removed by the DVLA if it was on a public road.
The following amendment, which is buried in the Background Notes section of the bill, changes that provision and allows for clamping and subsequent removal of vehicles on land that is not ‘Intrinsically part of a private dwelling’.
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