Robin
16-06-2004, 08:42 PM
Please circulate as far as possible. I'm posting on all the forums I'm on.
I’ve just received the annual SORN declaration for the trike (no problem with that), in with it came a handy little pamphlet outlining the new VED rules(INS163/2).
If you have a vehicle that has been off the road since before Jan. 1998 then you do not have to declare SORN on it, BUT they are changing the registration document (V5) and when you tax your vehicle, or declare SORN then you will be issued with the new registration document (V5C). No problems so far.
“From the 1st July 2005 all existing Registration Documents will no longer be valid”.
A direct quote from the DVLA pamphlet.
I immediately phoned the help-line and talked to a very helpful lady, with a welsh accent, who gave me some details about what this might involve.
If you have a vehicle that is not taxed or SORNed then that vehicle will need to be at least re-registered (at a cost of £19 for a new V5C), or possibly the registration may be lost. This means that if you do want to put it back on the road after July 2005 then you will at least have to pay for a new V5C, or the number might be re-allocated and you would have to go through the whole hassle of registering as either a new vehicle (possibly complete with SVA implications), or you might have to apply for an age related plate and all the hassle that goes with that.
Basically if you have a vehicle ‘waiting restoration’ i.e. the bike you have shoved in the back of the shed, or even just a frame that still has a V5 then you need to submit a SORN document ASAP or risk losing the reg. Number that goes with it. Unfortunately I couldn’t get a definite answer about precisely how this will work, but the general idea I got was that if the vehicle was not taxed or SORNed then it would be very hard and/or expensive to get it back on the road.
SORN declarations cost nothing and all you need is form V11 and hand it in to your local Post Office or post it to the DVLA with a covering letter explaining that it was not previously SORNed as it was of the road prior to the cut off date.
Further details can be had by phoning 0870 240 0010 and pressing the right buttons to be able to talk to a real person. Or by the web via www.dvla.gov.uk/newrules .
I’ve just received the annual SORN declaration for the trike (no problem with that), in with it came a handy little pamphlet outlining the new VED rules(INS163/2).
If you have a vehicle that has been off the road since before Jan. 1998 then you do not have to declare SORN on it, BUT they are changing the registration document (V5) and when you tax your vehicle, or declare SORN then you will be issued with the new registration document (V5C). No problems so far.
“From the 1st July 2005 all existing Registration Documents will no longer be valid”.
A direct quote from the DVLA pamphlet.
I immediately phoned the help-line and talked to a very helpful lady, with a welsh accent, who gave me some details about what this might involve.
If you have a vehicle that is not taxed or SORNed then that vehicle will need to be at least re-registered (at a cost of £19 for a new V5C), or possibly the registration may be lost. This means that if you do want to put it back on the road after July 2005 then you will at least have to pay for a new V5C, or the number might be re-allocated and you would have to go through the whole hassle of registering as either a new vehicle (possibly complete with SVA implications), or you might have to apply for an age related plate and all the hassle that goes with that.
Basically if you have a vehicle ‘waiting restoration’ i.e. the bike you have shoved in the back of the shed, or even just a frame that still has a V5 then you need to submit a SORN document ASAP or risk losing the reg. Number that goes with it. Unfortunately I couldn’t get a definite answer about precisely how this will work, but the general idea I got was that if the vehicle was not taxed or SORNed then it would be very hard and/or expensive to get it back on the road.
SORN declarations cost nothing and all you need is form V11 and hand it in to your local Post Office or post it to the DVLA with a covering letter explaining that it was not previously SORNed as it was of the road prior to the cut off date.
Further details can be had by phoning 0870 240 0010 and pressing the right buttons to be able to talk to a real person. Or by the web via www.dvla.gov.uk/newrules .