On Tue, 16 Aug 2016 00:47:47 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Andrew wrote:
On 15/08/2016 13:14, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Tim+ wrote:
Council however reported it to DVLA because it's SORNed and on the
public road, but DLVA did nothing.

I thought it was an offence to have a car on a public road without an
MOT?

It certainly is with no VED paid. Think it has to be insured too. But
no MOT may only be an offence if driven.

How do you insure a car without an MOT ?.

You can insure and 'tax' a car with only one day left on the MOT.

Surely you can insure a car without TAX or MOT?

You can only MOT a car (if driving it to the station) with Insurance.

You can only TAX a car if it has MOT and Insurance and the MOT must
still be current at the time of the start of the new TAX.

So, if the TAX runs out on the 31st of August and the MOT on (say) the
28th of August, you won't be able to re-tax it in August ready for
September because the MOT won't be valid for that period?

I had just that with a motorbike where the MOT expired on say the 20th
and the tax was due for the next month. As I wasn't riding it at that
time I left it until the beginning of the following month before
getting it MOT'd and then Taxing it from the beginning of that same
month. That way, next year I won't have to rush to get it MOT'd (if
I'm not riding it) but will still be able to renew the TAX. ;-)

Cheers, T i m