Thread: Tax renewal not sent by DVLA now car impounded

Hi,

Would appreciate any advice on the below.

I've just received a letter (Friday) from DVLA to say that they have impounded my vehicle due to non payment of tax.

I did not receive a notification letter from the DVLA that tax was due. Normally I rely on receiving this paperwork in order to gather together the various bits of paperwork that I need and trotting off to the post office to renew my disc.

Can I appeal this in any way if I did not receive the standard DVLA letter?

From memory my tax expired at end of June - the car was seized 1st July so they were obviously lying in wait for it.

Is there any standard procedure that they should be following before taking a vehicle i.e. a second letter or notification that the vehicle will be seized if tax not paid?

I am absolutely furious about this as I not a tax dodger. The car is MOT'd, insured and has valid parking permit. I feel very victimised as there has been no opportunity for me to be the model citizen that I am.

Now it will cost me nearly £400 to get the car released.

Apparently it would have been half that if I had got the car today - but as the letter only came today, and was received by me on my return from work that was impossible. the fees increase as I now have to pay for storage over the weekend while they are not open.

Please help.

This does not feel like a very fair system and there must be a way around it.

Thanks

RP.

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I don't know when it expired, I only think it's end of June from memory - and that's only because this situation has made me think about it.

there must be something I can do?????????

Is there no obligation for the DVLA to notify you?

Why not just pay the tax for the car and whatever charge to get the car back, take it as a lesson and remember to tax it in good time next year...

Hiya... The tax disc is placed upon the passagers side mainly for dvla cams to pick up on it when doing spot checks on the side of the road and for other cams to notice such when driving past, i know of no legal side as to which side you place ur disc, but having it where cams etc can't read it, would only cause you probs down the line really, by being stopped every time due to cams etc not seeing the disc. You can be fined for NOT dis-playing the disc, but having it on the drivers side, least you are still dis-playing the disc.

That is their 'interpretation', it is NOT enshtined in law. Providing it is 'displayed' the owner or RK has met their obligation.

Originally Posted by buzby

That is their 'interpretation', it is NOT enshtined in law. Providing it is 'displayed' the owner or RK has met their obligation.

Sorry, but I disagree.
Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regs 2002 tells us exactly where to display.
PART 2 Regulation 6 (4)(c):
(c) in the case of any vehicle fitted with a glass windscreen in front of the driver extending across the vehicle to its near side, on or adjacent to the near side of the windscreen;

Disagree away, however this appears to be relevant to England onl (and Wales, sorry!). Thi previous Acts where this matter was dealt with was as part of the 'Construction & Use' regs which are still largeley relevant - these 2002 regs have been around for 5 years or so, but would be outwith my expertise having seen to Scottish leglislation equivalent.

Interestingly, it is still permissible for Scottish motorists to buy number plates without supporting documentation as the amendments to regulations you referred to are not enacted here. Of course, whether this means English drivers should stop at Gretna and put the disc on their back windscreen is up to them!

Originally Posted by buzby

Disagree away, however this appears to be relevant to England onl (and Wales, sorry!).

In other words it is relevant to the vast majority of the population of the UK.

Like car clamping...? Time to move then.

I can think of one very good reason not to move to Scotland

Originally Posted by buzby

Of course, whether this means English drivers should stop at Gretna and put the disc on their back windscreen is up to them!

Well, actually I think the opposite applies. Any Scots travelling South of the border MUST sensure that their tax disc is displayed on the nearside as prescribed by the Secretary of State whilst travelling in England or Wales.

Originally Posted by gwc1000

Well, actually I think the opposite applies. Any Scots travelling South of the border MUST ensure that their tax disc is displayed on the nearside as prescribed by the Secretary of State whilst travelling in England or Wales.

On the basis of statistics, more vehicles originate from south to north than vice-versa, and this is swelled by tourists and their hire cars. However, if you note the regulations also state that any foreign vehicle must have EU plates or a separate country identifier symbol (P, ES, S PL, P etc) this isn't even enforced, and when you think it could be done at the arrival point before the vehicles enter the UK, it makes you realise how important (not) this law really is.

Originally Posted by buzby

On the basis of statistics, more vehicles originate from south to north than vice-versa,

This is probably true. However, this does not detract from the fact that the Scots MUST ensure that they comply with the law concerning tax disc display regulations when entering England.