Sussex wrote:
I suppose the argument that councils will make is that although the license is in place for 12 months the cost of processing that licence is the same if it only lasts a matter of weeks.
So if a vehicle was written off within weeks any new vehicle needed to be licensed would incur costs during the fresh licensing procedure.
Don't know the details of the legislation down your way, nor each council's individual procedures, but not sure I agree with you...
It's better illustrated with the three-year licences we have here, but same principle applies with a one-year plate, I think...
But if I get a new three-year licence, and then replace my car a few weeks later, then all they have to do is test the replacement vehicle. In fact that was more or less the scenario when I replaced my motor in the spring and that was just a few months into a three-year licence. So instead of having to pay another £600 or whatever for a new three-year vehicle licence, I just had to pay £30 for a substitution, which covers the inspection and paperwork - all they have to do is inspect the car and issue a replacement licence with the new car's details on it etc.
(On the other hand, in terms of pure admin costs I don't think our charges for the above really reflect the amount of work involved, and to that extent the charges should be a bit closer together, but we certainly shouldn't have to repay the full cost of a three-year licence just to replace the car
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So can't really see the difference between that and an accident writing off the car and necessitating a replacement - mine was due to the age-rule, but it would be classed as a vehicle substitution regardless of circumstances.
Of course, and particularly for one-year plates, I'd guess that even if CC's council did play ball and not require a full year's fee, instead they'd maybe levy some sort of substitution/replacement fee, so it might not amount to that much of a saving, depending of course on how awkward they wanted to be
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