Howard's out of date tax disc

[puggit]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/blog/default.stm

[Dwight VanDriver]

Go on then Puggit:

Prove time and date photo taken.

Prove vehicle was on a road.

Prove if not on road then SORN declared.

..... he who asserts must prove.

and if you are to land me with that gloody boon BLair and his tribe then I do not like you, not a lot.

DVD

[puggit]

DVD... I don't know where to start!

1) Merely a humurous story in all the press (which is true)
2) I'll be voting Blue - as I always have!

[kenp]

This is Howard showing his past as Home Secretary. An overblown knee-jerk reaction to something quite legal.
Why take the bus off the road?
A new disk had been obtained and was waiting in the bus company's office. He was only 2 days into the new month during a grace period, but no he has it ordered off the road. Politician playing to the crowd.

[nubbin]

Phew! When I saw the thread title I thought it was my brother in trouble again....

[superflid]

kenp said:

This is Howard showing his past as Home Secretary. An overblown knee-jerk reaction to something quite legal. Why take the bus off the road? A new disk had been obtained and was waiting in the bus company's office. He was only 2 days into the new month during a grace period, but no he has it ordered off the road. Politician playing to the crowd.

As far as I understand it, it is an offence to use a vehicle without displaying a valid disc (That one I know from experience having been done while riding a moped with the tax in my pocket at the tender age of 16) and no "Period of grace" actually exists in law.


I've been wrong before.

[off_again]

Technically there isnt a "grace period" for the RFL and hence the bus was illegal. But since the bus will have been contracted by the Conservative Party, its hardly the fault of Howard.... mind you, his assistants should have prevented a photo opportunity such as this.

But, is it in the public interest to prosecute the bus company? Nah, hardly. Bit of a non-issue in reality and "just one of those things". Mind you did bring a small smile in these politically charged times....

[Balmoral Green]

off_again said:

Technically there isnt a "grace period" for the RFL

Technically, it isnt the RFL, which was abolished in 1961. It is VEL (Vehicle Excise Licence).

[Flat in Fifth]

Balmoral Green said:

off_again said: Technically there isnt a "grace period" for the RFL Technically, it isnt the RFL, which was abolished in 1961. It is VEL (Vehicle Excise Licence).

pedant = on
Vehicle Excise Duty
pedant = off

I know I know, nobody loves a smart ass.

[streaky]

Flat in Fifth said:

Balmoral Green said: off_again said: Technically there isnt a "grace period" for the RFL Technically, it isnt the RFL, which was abolished in 1961. It is VEL (Vehicle Excise Licence). pedant = on Vehicle Excise Duty pedant = off I know I know, nobody loves a smart ass.

And to prove it (), VED is what you pay to obtain a VEL (Finance Act 2002, Schedule 5, Section 19,(1C) Vehicle excise duty charged in respect of a vehicle by subsection (1)(a) or (1A)(a) shall be paid on a licence to be taken out ...) - Streaky