Offence
Use a vehicle without a valid vehicle licence
How often this offence appears in the published court listings for England and Wales, which courts list it most and where to read the official sentencing guideline.
- Hearings listed
- 113
- Courts listing it
- 23
- Heard in
- Magistrates' Court (113)
- Sentencing guideline
- No excise licence
- Official offence code
- VE94014
- The law
- Contrary to section 29(1) and (3) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994.
- Can lead to prison
- No
Courts that list it most
- Redditch Magistrates' Court (19 hearings)
- Crawley Magistrates' Court (8 hearings)
- Preston Magistrates' Court (8 hearings)
- Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court (7 hearings)
- North Somerset Magistrates' Court (7 hearings)
- Swansea Magistrates' Court (7 hearings)
- Cambridge Magistrates' Court (6 hearings)
- Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court (6 hearings)
- Tameside (6 hearings)
- Barnsley (5 hearings)
- Kirklees (Huddersfield) Magistrates' Court (5 hearings)
- Margate Magistrates' Court (5 hearings)
- Slough (4 hearings)
- Southampton (West Hampshire) Magistrates' Court (4 hearings)
- Warrington Magistrates' Court (4 hearings)
Related offences
- Keep a vehicle without a valid vehicle licence
- Use a motor vehicle on a road without a valid test certificate
- Use a motor vehicle on a road / public place without third party insurance
- Drive a motor vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence - endorsable offence
- Drive a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road / in a public place without due care and attention
- Enter a compulsory ticket area on the Transport for London regional railway network without a valid ticket
- Driver of a vehicle fail to stop after road accident - give name and address of self and owner / vehicle details
- Drive a motor vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence - non-endorsable offence