"Ian Jackson" wrote in message
news:UWQn21ErAM6HFw1z@g3ohx.demon.co.uk...
> In message <47e8b556$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net>, M.I.5¾
> writes
>>
>>"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.
>
Not correct. The post office retained it as proof of their authority to
issue the replacement. The post office were prohibited from issuing a tax
disc if the original was not surrendered. They were also prohibited from
issuing a new one if any of the details of the vehicle had changed from what
was on the previous tax disc (other than the period of validity which was 4
or 12 months at that time).
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