From: "mrcheerful                                                                          ." 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
References:    <972FCD86BDA917E53A@66.250.146.159> 
Subject: Re: Insurance declaration for off-road cars in New Year?
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 08:47:52 GMT


"mrcheerful ."  wrote in message 
news:rbQof.10327$iz3.1768@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>
> "JS"  wrote in message 
> news:972FCD86BDA917E53A@66.250.146.159...
>>I seem to recall hearing about a  regulation which starts in the
>> coming New Year to do with insurance for off-road cars.
>>
>> I think the regulation said the owner has to make a declaration that
>> the car is not being driven and therefore needs no insurance.
>> Similar to the SORN declaration for no road tax.
>>
>> Does anyone know any more about this insurance requirement?
>>
>> Does anyone know its correct name so I can Google for it?
>
> nearest I could find easily is this:
> The new offence of keeping a vehicle without insurance means that a motor 
> vehicle must be insured at all times, even if sitting on a driveway or 
> locked up in a garage.
>
> This is in addition to the existing offence of keeping or using a vehicle 
> on the road without insurance by introducing continuous insurance as 
> another tax on drivers.
>
> You can be exempt from the new offence by SORNing your vehicle, (which is 
> free at present though the government has consulted on introducing a fee 
> for SORN).
>
>
>
> So as long as you have sorn on the vehicle there is no problem if it is 
> uninsured.
>
>
>
> I wonder about the several vehicles I have which have not been sorned as 
> they were untaxed when the sorn system came in.  (hence you don't get a 
> sorn/tax letter)
>
> mrcheerful
>

this is the law:
The Disclosure of Vehicle Insurance Regulations 2005 - SI 2005/2833

mrcheerful