Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 section Sch 2A para 5

Payment of sum where licence not produced

Schedule 2A paragraph 5 deals with what happens when a person pays a prescribed sum after their vehicle has been immobilised or removed because they could not produce a valid vehicle excise licence, including the issuing of vouchers, setting sums against duty owed, and the consequences of dishonoured cheques.

• When a vehicle is immobilised or removed for not having a valid licence, regulations may allow a prescribed sum to be paid, for which a voucher can be issued.
• The sum paid can be set against any vehicle excise duty that becomes payable on the vehicle, or it can be refunded in appropriate circumstances.
• Where a voucher has been issued, the offence of using or keeping an unlicensed vehicle does not apply to the vehicle concerned during a prescribed period.
• If a voucher is issued but the cheque used to pay bounces, the voucher and any licence obtained by setting the sum against duty can both be declared void, and the person may be required to surrender them.