Display of tax disc

Is there a legal requirement to display a tax disc in the lower near-side corner of the windscreen? I have received a fixed-penalty notice for 'Tax-disc obscured' when it was in full-view on the TOP near-side of the winscreen.

Asked on 13 February 2012 by tomi shevek

Answered by Honest John

You can go to court and have it overturned. The law is Section 33 Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994. The exact requirement is: "The licence shall be fixed to the vehicle protected from the weather and clearly visible in daylight from the nearside of the road and exhibited: Vehicles with windscreens extending across the front of the driver to the nearside - on or adjacent to the nearside of the windscreen."

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