The Government is slowly introducing additional facilities that tolerate the municipal to reach its army using electronic means. One of these services is Electronic Vehicle Licensing (EVL), which was introduced to England, Scotland and Wales in 2004 by the DVLA. This examined allows vehicle re-licensing via the handset or Internet, though motorists are still able to go to a licence-issuing Post Office or DVLA home workforce to get a new tax disc should they have not access to a telephone or the Internet.
EVL uses the Motor Insurance Database (MID) to make a test on whether there is valid assurance on the time on which the licence must be renewed (or the court of the transaction, if this is later). An electronic write is sent to the MID, and if a minutiae is found for the vehicle for the related date, the reaction is clear. No information about the policy is sent to the DVLA, but the transaction is authorised to go upfront.

Please note the motorists may not be able to use EVL if they have lately altered their name and, or address, altered their assurance circle or any details of their vehicle. There may also be troubles verifying indemnity protect if the tax and assurance are both due at the same time.

In Northern Ireland, the DVLNI have also introduced a telephone re-licensing mass, which is offered to callers with appropriate assurance for the vehicle to be re-approved, as definite by an enquiry on the MID.

EVL helps in the skirmish against fraudsters who fake certificates. It also saves owners’ or keepers’ time, as they no longer have to pursuit for their indemnity certificate when the hardship a new tax disc.