The only relevant thing I can find is this:

www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/26/section/91/en...d

This is the Finance Act 2014, which contains amendments to previous legislation, amongst which are amendments to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994.

If you click on the link to open the pdf of the whole thing, on p.509 there is this:

"The Secretary of State may specify requirements which must be complied with before a rebate condition can be satisfied."

Does this mean the whole VED renewal/rebate thing is at the whim of the Secretary of State?

Here is a link to the DVLA rules that became law on 01 October 2014.

www.gov.uk/government/news/dvla-reminds-customers-...s

It clearly states what happens when a car changes hands and the DVLA are notified of this change.

The sysytem worked perfectly when dad stopped driving last October and gave my wife hs car. We sent in the V5C and he was refunded the remainder of the tax. Before the wife used the car she inurred and taxed it on line.

As I understand the process the primary Act (in this case) VERA contains the power of the Sec of State to make changes necessary and this is done in a Statutory Instrument. The duration and validity of a Licences contained in VERA has been changed. What is the SI?

DVLA have advised of such a change in their advice script which is NOT law but an interpretation.

The devil is within the detail and that which DVLA have put out may or may not be in line exactly with that contained in an amending SI, which is what I want to check.

dvd

Update

Just sent off my 3rd request to DVLA for information on SI. despite their promises to reply in 3 days and last 10 days (18th) nothing so far received to what I deem to be a relatively simple question.

I wonder why??????????

dvd

Ok can now put this one to bed.

DVLA have finally pointed me back to the Finance Act 2014 where at Schedule 19 it inserted a new Section 7 to VERA removing the authority to transfer an Excise Licence to another person and makes the licence no longer in force on such occasions.

It adds a ground to claim a rebate on the Licence

It therefore follows that when the new owner takes over the vehicle he has to re-tax it as the old current licence is no longer in force and hence for part of a month double duty is being paid to HMG (DVLA).

However some confusion still remains for this old plod trying to keep abreast of matters because Regulation 20(1)(2) of Road vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regs still states and is unaltered:

“On a change in a keeper of a vehicle any current vehicle licence for the vehicle may be delivered to the new keeper”

Which is contrary to the new Section 7.

The purist amongst you may well argue the parent Act Vera nullifies that contained in the Reg.

dvd