When did the SVA come into force?

[singlecoil]

I've been looking at an old kit car that is still on its donor registration. It's been off the road for many years but it does have an old MOT certificate in the correct kit name issued in June 1998. Does anyone know if I could get it re-registerd in its correct name without having to pass an IVA test? I understand that if proof can be produced that it was buillt and on the road before the SVA came into force then it doesn't need a test. I have tried googling it, BTW, but no luck.

[gtmdriver]

Do you have the registration document or can you get a copy. That really is the key.

If it has the correct kit car name on the registration document you will probably be OK but if it is still registered as the donor car you might have a problem.

The MOT certificate showing the correct name is a start but the DVLA will go by the registration document above all else.

[singlecoil]

Still hoping to get a date for when the SVA started, as long as it was after the date for the MOT certificate showing the kit name rather than the donor name, I reckon I'm in the clear, unless anyone knows different?

[Steve_D]

My SVA Manual says 'First published 1996'.

However, the vehicle being registered correctly is a DVLA issue rather than SVA.

They went through an amnesty period when vehicles that were still registered as a Cortina or Triumph Herald etc. could be changed to the kit name if you could prove it had been that way for some time.

If the car in question is incorrectly registered then my understanding is that it will need to go for IVA. Having said that, the vagarities of each DVLA office may find you someone willing to just put it right particularly if you can pile enough evidence on the counter.

Steve