Continuous Registration (CR)
In an effort to improve the accuracy of vehicle records, help reduce vehicle crime, anti-social use of vehicles, reduce road tax evasion and ensure effective sanctions against those evading tax, the way in which Vehicle Excise Duty (Motor Tax) is enforced has now changed.
It is now the responsibility of the registered keeper to ensure that a vehicle is licensed (taxed), or to notify DVLNI of any changes of ownership, disposal of the vehicle, or to obtain a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN).
By keeping your vehicle taxed or notifying DVLNI of any changes you are helping tackle crime, abandonment of vehicles and uninsured motoring.
- The registered keeper of the vehicle is responsible for the vehicle until DVLNI has been notified about the new keeper. If the keeper sells the vehicle and fails to notify DVLNI that they have sold it, they will remain legally liable for taxing it.
- The keeper of an unlicensed vehicle can be prosecuted without the need to detect the vehicle on the road.
- The registered keeper will incur an £80 fine (reduced to £40 if paid within
28 days). Penalty notices will be served by post on the registered keeper of the vehicle.
The notice will remind the offender to do three things:
- Pay the late licensing penalty
- Tax the vehicle
- Pay arrears of duty right back to the expiry of the last tax disc.
- A registered keeper who persists in not licensing the vehicle and is referred to a magistrates court, may be liable, on conviction, for a fine of a minimum of £1,000.
- DVLNI will issue a receipt to a keeper who notifies disposal of a vehicle. You should receive your receipt within 4 weeks of your notification. This receipt is important. If you do not receive it within that time you should contact DVLNI to ensure that you do not receive penalty notices or other correspondence for that vehicle.
