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James Derby made this Freedom of Information request to Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
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From: James Derby
6 December 2008
Dear Sir or Madam,
What is the procedure at your Birmingham office for responding to
members of the public who report an untaxed foreign vehicle by
letter? What percentage of reports of untaxed foreign vehicles
reported to your Birmingham office result in action being taken
against the owner or keeper of the vehicle?
Yours faithfully,
James Derby
From: Jennifer Thomas
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
18 December 2008
Dear Mr Derby,
Please see attached reply to the above.
regards,
Jennifer Thomas
J. Thomas (Miss)
Policy Casework and Advice
Policy and External Communications Directorate
DVLA
Swansea
SA6 7JL
tel 01792 783968
fax 01792 384565
Email add: [email address]
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From: James Derby
30 December 2008
Dear Jennifer Thomas,
Thank you for your comprehensive reply. I would like some further
clarification about numbers. Could you please tell me how many
owners or keepers of untaxed foreign vehicles have had enforcement
action taken against them in the last 12 months and what percentage
this represents of the total number of untaxed foreign vehicles
that you were mad aware of in the same period of time.
Yours sincerely,
James Derby
From: James Derby
18 February 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Driver and Vehicle
Licensing Agency's handling of my FOI request 'Untaxed foreign
vehicles'.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/un...
Yours sincerely,
James Derby
From: Jennifer Thomas
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
23 February 2009
Dear Mr Derby,
Please see attached further reply to the above.
regards,
Jennifer Thomas
J. Thomas (Miss)
Policy Casework and Advice
Policy and External Communications Directorate
DVLA
Swansea
SA6 7JL
tel 01792 783968
fax 01792 384565
Email add: [email address]
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From: James Derby
24 February 2009
Dear Jennifer Thomas,
Thank you for the information. Your appallingly low rate of taking
action has helped me to understand why my reported sightings of
untaxed foreign vehicled have not been acted upon.
Yours sincerely,
James Derby
Eugene Andry left an annotation (26 November 2010)
so i guess solution is to drive to France, buy from there cheap car and get it back here, and no worries.
or another option, de-register vehicle and become private automobile
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James:Argent left an annotation ( 4 February 2010)
If a foreign vehicle is here in this country, and not registered, then surely how can the DVLA exercise jurisdiction over them? They are not part of our society(THE LAW SOCIETY) so why should we force our laws on someone who is not part of our society? Road Tax is only applicable if your a driver competing in commerce, it does not cover motor vehicles or cars etc BUT conveyance of the day of travel. It is a STATUTE, primary or secondary legislation, not LAW. STATUTES are given the force of law by consent of the governed. Why don't you look up what the words, APPLICATION, REGISTRATION, LICENCE mean in Black's LAW DICTIONARY. I would suggest to look at edition 3. Whilst your at it look up PERSON, STATUTE and DRIVER.
Thank you.
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