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Subject: Re: Displaying a new car tax disc Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:23:39 +0000

On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:33:24 +0000, Ian Jackson
wrote:

>In message , Alasdair
> writes
>>On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:19:26 +0000, Ian Jackson
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I'm not sure if these 'days of grace' were ever really legal,
>>
>>They were called an "extra-statutory concession" in the official
>>paperwork.
>>
>Does this mean that they had no standing in law, and the police could
>prosecute you (for no tax / non-display) if they 'didn't like the look
>of you'?

Well, they could prosecute you for being unable to produce your
licence/insurance/(MOT) on demand. The 'producer' system is
'extra-statutory' or whatever.