On 13/04/2021 02:43 pm, alan_m wrote:

I got car tax reminder today and noticed:

(For NI) A certificate of Insurance or cover note is needed
[downloaded copies are acceptable, photocopies are not]

How would anyone be able to distinguish between a printed download and a
photocopy?

shrug?

The date?

I thought that the authorities nowadays know automatically whether a
vehicle is insured?

Of course, its use might be covered by someone else's insurance, which
might need to be proven by production of a certificate.