Unit 9 Lesson 2.2: Registration and Excise

Question 1

What is the name of the registration document for motor vehicles?

Answer 1

V5C

Question 2

Colour of registration plates post 1973

Answer 2

White with black to front

Yellow with black to back

Question 3

Do motorcycles have plates at both the front and back?

Answer 3

No, only back

Question 4

How tall should characters on a registration mark be?

Answer 4

79mm

Question 5

How wide should characters (bar 1 or I) be on a registration mark?

Answer 5

50mm

Question 6

How thick should characters be on a registration mark?

Answer 6

14mm

Question 7

How much space should be between characters and at the top, bottom and side margins on a registration mark?

Answer 7

11mm

Question 8

How much space should be between the first 4 and last 3 figures of a registration mark?

Answer 8

33mm

Question 9

Does a vehicle need to display a registration mark on the rear if towing a trailer

Answer 9

No as long as the trailer displays the registration mark

Question 10

How long is road tax valid for?

Answer 10

6 or 12 months, renews on 5th day of month in which it expires.

Question 11

From where can you purchase vehicle Excise license (road tax)

Answer 11

Post office, DVLA website, DVLA 24hrs phone line

Question 12

What should be done if someone violates section 29 RTA (Keep or use a vehicle without road tax)

Answer 12

Report directly to DVLA via a CLE2/6 form, no requirement for submission of SPR

Question 13

Which vehicles are exempt from paying VEL (road tax)

Answer 13

• electric vehicles
• invalid carriages
• being taken to or from MOT
• under trade license
• agricultural, forestry, horticultural purposes (distance does not exceed 1.5km between two areas)
• forces and crown
• historic, 40yo+

Question 14

What do trade plates look like?

Answer 14

White with red lettering

Question 15

When can a vehicle be used on a public road under a trade license?

Answer 15

1. In connection with a motor or vehicle trader’s business
2. May be used on roads but not kept on
3. Delivering a vehicle (direct route)
4. Demonstrate to prospective customers
5. Test vehicles

Question 16

What three types of vehicle require and MOT?

Answer 16

1. Motor cars
2. Motor cycles
3. Goods vehicles, less than 3500kg

Question 17

When do new vehicles require an MOT?

Answer 17

3 years after first date of registration (or 3 years from manufacture date if used on road prior)

Question 18

What are the 6 exemptions to holding an MOT?

Answer 18

1. Travelling to or from pre-arranged test
2. After test, to or from place of repair
3. Removed or seized by police
4. Police vehicles
5. Foreign vehicles used temporarily in UK (6 months)
6. Certain other vehicles - other testing requirements (heavy goods and public service)