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Old paper driving licences redundant?
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RainbowsInTheSpray
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in Motoring
Just turned up my old paper driving licence in a drawer. Am I right in assuming this can safely be disposed of, given that I've had a photo ID card for some years now?
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You should have sent it back when you changed to a photo licence if I remember the rules correctly.0
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Should be irrelevant now.0
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Keep it to show your grandchildren.0
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Ayr_Rage said:You should have sent it back when you changed to a photo licence if I remember the rules correctly.If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales1
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Ayr_Rage said:You should have sent it back when you changed to a photo licence if I remember the rules correctly.
In practice the answer is the same either way - bin it, keep it or frame it, nobody will care.1 -
Thanks for the confirmation.0
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DVLA stopped issuing paper licences a quarter of a century ago.
They're still valid for those who haven't moved, haven't added categories, and haven't needed to renew them (on hitting 70, or because of medical reasons) since then.
Everybody else has a photocard. That used to be accompanied by a paper counterpart, but they became redundant nearly a decade ago, and should have been destroyed.
If you have a photocard, any old paper licence is superceded, and should be destroyed unless you want to keep it for posterity for whatever reason...1
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