Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Corporate Affairs Directorate
D16/ DVLA
Longview Road
Morriston
Swansea
SA6 7JL
5th October 2011
Dear Paul
I am in receipt of your letter of 3 October and note the contents. This response is to inform you that if you use or keep 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 obtain 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 in the United Kingdom. Among other obligations you must register and licence with DVLA any vehicle kept by you and comply with the vehicle licencing 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 clear and stark terms in order to avoid any doubt. And will not enter into any further discussion on the matter.
Yours sincerely
Nicola Virdee
Corporate Affairs Directorate
So there you have it folks we are only obliged to comply.
I would love to hear the views of those in the know.
Namaste