unSORNed and insurance
Discussion
A while ago I read that this thieving shower of sh*te govt were going to make it an offence to have a taxed vehicle without insurance even if it wasn't used on the road during the period that it wasn't insured.
Has this happened?
I want to transfer the insurance from my old car to my new car, and then fix various things on the old car before I sell it. The old car will be parked off the road on private property. It's not worth much, so I don't feel the need to insure it (even against theft) whilst I fix it, but I don't want to SORN it as this will make it less saleable. If I did SORN it, I would then have to buy insurance (with no NCB
) in order to tax it so that it would sell. Am I lining myself up for a governmental/insurance reaming, or should I just turn feral/chav and say f
k it?What you ask will be contained in the Road Safety Act 2006 which whilst the Act has been given Royal Assent and therefore on the Statute Book that past you refer to has yet to be brought into force.
Section 144A creates the new offence which arises when a vehicle does not meet the insurance requirements. Under the insurance requirements the registration mark of a vehicle, or the vehicle's owner, must be specified in an insurance policy or security. There are a number of exceptions to the offence set out in the new section 144B. Some of these are similar to the exceptions in section 144 of the RTA which apply to the section 143 offence of using a vehicle without insurance. They include vehicles owned by local authorities, the police and the National Health Service. Other exceptions may apply where the vehicle is no longer kept by the registered keeper; it is not kept for use on a road or other public place or has been stolen. The exceptions apply only if a prior statement (such as a statutory off-road "SORN" declaration) has been made to the appropriate authorities as required by regulations.
So like Excise if you have a vehicle that you take off the road and the Insurance runs out then there will be a procedure ( yet to be advised) that you notify the fact that it is off the road uninsured. Don't do so and its an offence.
Under the new section 144C the Secretary of State can serve a fixed penalty notice on a person whom he believes has committed an offence under section 144A. The amount of fixed penalty is £100 which is variable by statutory instrument.
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Section 144A creates the new offence which arises when a vehicle does not meet the insurance requirements. Under the insurance requirements the registration mark of a vehicle, or the vehicle's owner, must be specified in an insurance policy or security. There are a number of exceptions to the offence set out in the new section 144B. Some of these are similar to the exceptions in section 144 of the RTA which apply to the section 143 offence of using a vehicle without insurance. They include vehicles owned by local authorities, the police and the National Health Service. Other exceptions may apply where the vehicle is no longer kept by the registered keeper; it is not kept for use on a road or other public place or has been stolen. The exceptions apply only if a prior statement (such as a statutory off-road "SORN" declaration) has been made to the appropriate authorities as required by regulations.
So like Excise if you have a vehicle that you take off the road and the Insurance runs out then there will be a procedure ( yet to be advised) that you notify the fact that it is off the road uninsured. Don't do so and its an offence.
Under the new section 144C the Secretary of State can serve a fixed penalty notice on a person whom he believes has committed an offence under section 144A. The amount of fixed penalty is £100 which is variable by statutory instrument.
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