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I use Brian loram in newton abbot
www.brianlorammotorcycles.co.uk

james anderson wrote:

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I use Brian loram in newton abbot
www.brianlorammotorcycles.co.uk

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Anybody know how does it work when my bike it's currently SORN.
I probably can pay for insurance but can I ride it to mot station without tax and mot?

hampsterracing wrote:

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It needs to be insured but you can ride on the road to and from a pre arranged mot.

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 even with no tax?

Klobuk wrote:

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hampsterracing wrote:

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It needs to be insured but you can ride on the road to and from a pre arranged mot.

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 even with no tax?

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 As you cant tax it until it is mot'd yes.

 

Note the "prearranged mot" this bit is important.

-- Edited by hampsterracing on Monday 27th of February 2017 02:53:38 AM

You can return from MOT and put it back in your garage, still SORNed. No need to tax it until you wish to ride it other than covered by the exemption.

I wouldn't get overly worried.

You are exempt from needing Vehicle Excise Duty (road tax) if travelling to or from a pre-arranged MOT (or SVA initial inspection), or on failing the test, to a place of repair. This MOT failure will of course be on the test centres (DVSAs) computer, you'll have a certificate, so it is provable later. As long as that was your journey, and it's currently SORNed, you'll be OK.

Obviously the DVLA camera van will not know the purpose of your journey, so the computer will likely send you a penalty notice, but a simple reply with a copy of the pass/fail certificate will prove your exemption.

Same exemption for the expired MOT. You're more likely to get pinged by a Police car fitted with number plate reading cameras, who will either stop you immediately, or totally ignore you if they're already heading to another job, except if the screen also shows No Insurance details held. After stopping you the officer may phone the MOT test centre to check if you have a test booked, as the exemption legally only applies to a pre-arranged test, not a 'just turn up' test.

Links to legislation if you have insomnia

For the exemption to road tax when going to/from pre-arranged MOT

 

see Schedule 2 Section 22(1)(a)+(b) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/schedule/2/paragraph/22

For the exemption of valid MOT when driving to/from pre-arranged MOT test

see Regulation 6 (2)(a)(1) of the Motor Vehicles (Test Regulations) 1981

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/1694/regulation/6/made

 

The DVLA normally show no discretion (they have literally heard it all before) when dealing with owners who fail to SORN/tax or forget to notify change of keeper, but in cases such as this, there is a legal exemption, but you'd have to show them you're exempt.