you change your name or address. For registration certificates issued after 27 March 1997, the buyer and seller are responsible for completing the registration certificates. The seller is responsible for forwarding them to DVLA. The procedures are explained on the back of the registration certificates. 

Law RV(R&L)R regs 21, 22, 23 & 24 

Vehicle Excise Duty (VED).  Vehicle Excise Duty MUST be paid on all motor vehicles used or kept on public roads. 

Law VERA sects 29 and 33 

Statutory Off-Road Notification (SORN).  This is a notification to the DVLA that a motor vehicle is not being used on the road. If you are the vehicle keeper and want to keep a motor vehicle untaxed and off the public road you MUST  declare SORN - it is an offence not to do so. You then won’t have to pay any road tax for that vehicle for a period of 12 months. You need to send a further declaration after that period if the vehicle is still off the public road. The SORN will end if you sell the vehicle and the new owner will become immediately responsible. If your vehicle is unused or off the road, it MUST  have either a SORN declaration or valid insurance. 

Law RV(RL)R 2002, reg 26 sched 4 

Production of documents.  You MUST  be able to produce your driving licence and counterpart, a valid insurance certificate and (if appropriate) a valid MOT certificate, when requested by a police officer. If you cannot do this you may be asked to take them to a police station within seven days. 

Law RTA 1988 sects 164 & 165 

## Learner drivers 

Learners driving a car MUST hold a valid provisional licence. They MUST  be supervised by someone at least 21 years old who holds a full EC/EEA licence for that type of car (automatic or manual) and has held one for at least three years. 

