Dear Mr Cooper
I am in receipt of your e-mail of 26 February about vehicle registration. As your
request for information falls within the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s
(DVLA) day to day business, your request is subsequently being treated as
‘Business as Usual’.
Our previous responses gave you the specific legislation and background details
of why all vehicles must be registered. This response is to inform you that if you
use or keep of a motor vehicle in the United Kingdom you are obliged to comply
with United Kingdom statute law.
I interpret your letter to imply that you refute any such obligation. You may wish
to seek independent legal advice so that you properly understand the fit between
your view of your obligations and the application of statute law requirements to
you.
I will not engage in any discussion on this matter but confine myself to saying
that any breach by you of your obligations in statute law will be dealt with in
exactly the same way as any other person resident in the United Kingdom.
Among other obligations you must register and licence with DVLA, any vehicle
kept by you and comply with the vehicle licensing requirements. Similarly you
must seek and keep up to date a driving licence issued by this agency if you
intend to drive a motor vehicle on the public road. There are penalties provided
for in statute law for breach of these obligations.
I write in such clear and stark terms in order to avoid any doubt. We consider this
matter closed and will not enter into further correspondence.
Yours sincerely
Policy and External Communications Directorate