In message <47e8b556$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net>, M.I.5¾
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>"IanAl" wrote in message
>news:eo53u3hqoel4kijjdup1dpm5k4aoginf7p@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:31:07 GMT, "Alang"
>> wrote:
>>
>>>19/03/2008 Alex Renshaw wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can anyone please provide me with advice as to when a new car tax
>>>> disc is valid from? I've read through the DVLA website and can
>>>> find nothing regarding this.
>>>>
>>>> My current car tax runs out on 31 March. I have a new tax disc
>>>> which says it is valid from 1 April. If I display it on my car now,
>>>> is it legal and valid?
>>>
>>>I've never had a renewal tax disc with a *valid from* date on it. You
>>>are allowed to renew a tax disc up to two weeks before the finish of
>>>the old one. It has the renewal date stamped on it. Once you have
>>>the renewal one you can stick it straight on.
>>
>> But is it valid at that time? Can you take the old one down
>> straightaway?
>
>Has the situation changed since the early 1970's? At that time if you
>renewed your tax disc at the post office you had to surrender the old disc.
>That means that if you renewed the tax disc in the 14 days before expiry
>that you were permitted, you had no choice but to display the new one or
>nothing at all.
>
You have never had to 'surrender' the expiring disc. You simply had to
produce it.
>AFAIAA, a tax disc comes into force on the day it is issued. You can only
>acquire a disc in advance if there is a current disc and there is no
>interuption in validity.
>
>
You haven't been reading the others posts.
It has been pointed out that the DVLA tax renewal form V10 clearly
states (in Section C) that the new tax disc should NOT be displayed
before the first of the month when it comes into force. End of argument
(fun though it was).
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Ian |