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England: Can I Challenge the DVLA License Revocation After Seven
Months of Silence?
DIR By: bear101
Date: July 27, 2024, 1:32 am
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I'm dealing with an issue with the DVLA regarding a driving
offense from late November 2023, where I was caught driving
without insurance due to my own negligence. I accepted liability
and paid the fine by January 2024. However, I only received a
letter in mid-July 2024 demanding that I surrender my driving
license because I'm within the first two years of obtaining it,
and accumulating points mandates the revocation. Due to the lack
of communication from the DVLA, I dismissed the matter in my
mind and assumed no further action was required.
This seven-month delay and lack of communication from the DVLA
have caused me to question if it's possible to get the demand
for my license to be revoked thrown out on procedural grounds.
If anyone has experienced similar delays with the DVLA or has
advice on additional steps, handling the DVLA, or tips for
appealing their decisions, your insights would be greatly
appreciated. Thank you in advance for your help.
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Re: England: Can I Challenge the DVLA License Revocation After
Seven Months of Silence?
DIR By: mogul87
Date: July 27, 2024, 2:09 am
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have you checked online - your licence may have already been
revoked automatically
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Re: England: Can I Challenge the DVLA License Revocation After
Seven Months of Silence?
DIR By: bear101
Date: July 27, 2024, 2:20 am
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Just checked and it has been applied.
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Re: England: Can I Challenge the DVLA License Revocation After
Seven Months of Silence?
DIR By: 666
Date: July 27, 2024, 2:21 am
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There is no decision to appeal. DVLA have no say in the matter,
they are simply implementing what the law mandates.
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Re: England: Can I Challenge the DVLA License Revocation After
Seven Months of Silence?
DIR By: NewJudge
Date: July 27, 2024, 8:05 am
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--- Quote from: 666 link ---
>
> There is no decision to appeal. DVLA have no say in the
matter, they are simply implementing what the law mandates.
>
--- End Quote ---
Indeed. Nobody "makes a decision" to revoke your licence. The
law (New Drivers' Act 1995) says this:
"The Secretary of State must, in the case of a person to whom
this subsection applies..., by notice served on the person
revoke the person’s licence."
It applies to you because you accumulated six points within the
"probationary period" (which is two years of passing your test).
This is not a judicial decision taken by a court (which may be
subject to appeal). It is simply an administrative process
carried out by the DVLA.
The good news is that you can immediately apply for a new
provisional licence and begin driving (complying with the
conditions of that licence) as soon as you have it. More good
news is that you can only suffer the consequences of the New
Drivers' Act once, so the same thing cannot happen again.
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