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Originally Posted by Nath
You can buy a new tax disc whilst the old one is still valid. If the previous owner of the vehicle still has his old Certificate of Insurance lying around (even though he has cancelled the policy) get him to go and buy a new tax disc on your behalf now, whilst the MOT is still valid. Doesn't matter if the MOT runs out in 2 weeks time, if you go to the post office they still have to give you the tax. (It used to be easy to drive around with no MOT without getting caught).
If you're takeing the van out of the UK before the tax+mot expire, then just don't bother. Foreign police/officials *in general* don't know what you're meant to have. The exception is parts of France where lots of UK expats live.
Unless you've bought a very unique vehicle, or got an incredibly low price, then buying in Scotland looks like a massive mistake. You should have waited till something came up in the South East.
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The information I have been told by The seller (a UK citizen) is he cannot leagally do it for me because it will still be in his/their name for UK Tax.
the problem is time, I don't have the time to hang around one or two weeks to wait for the paperwork and permits to be posted out to a tempory address.
and to me it is a very unique vehicle, and it was at a low purchase price because it is Old.
Its either hire a vehicle in the UK at over $5000 plus Australian or by a vehicle for a lower price.
No Australian insurance broker will provide insurance cover for a Vehicle overseas / UK
For the DVLA it must be a UK based insurance.
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