Well, from personal experience I know that that isn't the case. Scroll down a little further and it says for imported vehicles over 10 years old to contact the DVLA. They'll tell you the same as they told me. No insurance required.Daggs wrote:Well I don't understand that. If you read 'shocky' link properly. It goes on to a heading 'imports' In which it clearly states Insurance is required.
RobD...did either your mate or yourself have to have the scooters inspected ??RobD wrote:If you read the link posted by Shocky you'll see that it says insurance is required if registering to an address in Northern Ireland. You no longer need insurance elsewhere, I registered a lambretta last month and so did a mate. Neither were insured...
blackstock gooner wrote:What was the reason for rejecting the dating letter? I'm also about to register an import & I sorted the Nova number out, but only have a copy of the dating letter from a previous owner (who never registered it with DVLA), will it get rejected?Daggs wrote:Absolutely, the last time I went through the process I had my applications rejected ( due to the new rules Re. Dating letters, which I knew nothing about !!!! )
It took over four weeks to get it sorted out and my insurer was becoming concerned. It seems they ( the insurer ) are obliged to put your details ( eg. Your reg number ) on the insurance database within two weeks of starting a policy and it is this that causes the worry.
Ta,
Ben
I'm not suggesting you're lying mate. But I remain confused.RobD wrote:Well, from personal experience I know that that isn't the case. Scroll down a little further and it says for imported vehicles over 10 years old to contact the DVLA. They'll tell you the same as they told me. No insurance required.Daggs wrote:Well I don't understand that. If you read 'shocky' link properly. It goes on to a heading 'imports' In which it clearly states Insurance is required.
I'm not lying, but if you want to get insurance go ahead, at least you'll be covered for theft.
No inspection but they were both rejected the first time round with the reason that a NOVA was required. The NOVA's were in place and I'd even included a covering letter the first time round stating the NOVA reference as there isn't anywhere on the form to write it. Resubmitted exact same things again and second time round both got v5 back within a week!lockman69 wrote:Nice one lads..cheers
RobD...did either your mate or yourself have to have the scooters inspected ??RobD wrote:If you read the link posted by Shocky you'll see that it says insurance is required if registering to an address in Northern Ireland. You no longer need insurance elsewhere, I registered a lambretta last month and so did a mate. Neither were insured...
Cheers
Well I bow to your obvious superior knowledge on the subject but I have a v5 here for my D model date of first reg 10/10/2014. Has never been previously registered in the uk and was imported via Sam from lambrettafinder and is not and never has been insured over here. My mate registered his c model around the same time, separately and also has a v5 and no insurance.DigDug wrote:There's a lot of misinformation flying around this thread about what is or what isn't required.
It clearly states what is required on the V55/5 and is pretty much as Daggs has listed for scooters.
As part of the process for first registration of vehicle - new or old is taxing it - therefore insurance is required as you can't tax it without it.
MOT isn't required for pre 1960 vehicles.
How you manage to complete the first registration process without insurance cover escapes me.
Are you sure you aren't confusing first registration with applying for the original registration mumber?
I don't know of any insurance company that offers more than a few days cover on anything without an registration number.
