Driving Licence Renewal With A Photo

[piggynose]

hope somewhere out the can help me.
To cut a long story short, i need to renew my old fashioned paper driving licence for one with a photo. My concern is that i live in Spain, so all my post goes to a friends address. the point im trying to make is in the application form they ask for your current uk address. Would i breaking the law if i put down my friends address?
tia
off to bed now, ill check your answers tomorrow.

[THECORBYLOON]

If he is not approaching age seventy or received an annual reminder, he's not intending to renew it, he is wanting to replace it.

[murraymints]

NJ my friend used his father's address and was penalised. it has to be your primary domiciliary address he was informed upon being fined and points going on

[THECORBYLOON]

NJ, "What justice would he be conspiring to pervert (and who would he be conspiring with)?"

In order to renew or replace a GB licence, folk need to be a GB resident. Since PIGGY appears no longer to be resident in Great Britain but only using a friend's address in Great Britain, that would contravene the 1988 RTA as quoted by CHRIS.

[New Judge]

That said, the law does say that the applicant must be "lawfully resident" in the UK (which the OP is) but he must also be "normally resident" (though this is not defined). I would think it would be for a court to decide whether or not he was "normally" resident but the chances of that happening are close to zero.

/...what I do know is a friend of mine was fined £100 and 3pts awarded for providing an address that he did not live at.//

He must have been extremely unlucky because the law does not provide for points to be imposed for such an offence.

[calmck]

Since Brexit those brits LIVING IN Spain and Portugal should have exchanged their licence for Spanish or Portugeuse ones.

[barry1010]

That was the case before Brexit, calm

[barry1010]

I am now very curious as to why a non-driver wants a new driving licence that has to be paid for every 10 years, or get it free every three years when you hit 70

[Zacs-Master]

Me too. I guess we’ll never know?

[piggynose]

Barry: as i am 63, i would've only had to pay once!

[Hopkirk]

No a paper licence doesn't have to be renewed every ten years.

[barry1010]

piggy, if you live in Spain and don't drive why on earth do you want to renew your UK driving licence? It will serve no purpose.

[Hopkirk]

Ignore my last

[barry1010]

Hopkirk, we know a paper licence doesn't have to be renewed until you hit 70 but if a Brit lives in Spain s/he is only entitled to drive on a UK licence for 6 months. It has been that way for at least 40 years to my knowledge - same situation for foreigners living in the UK, even when we were in the EU

[bhg481]

Unless things have changed a paper licence wasn't valid in Spain without either an IDP or a translation. We visited Spain many years ago and had to jump through that hoop. Years later we decided we would swap our licences for photocards for our next visit to save the hassle.

[piggynose]

Bhg you hit the nail on the head!

[THECORBYLOON]

BHG, he hasn't driven for more that thirty year but wants a replacement GB licence for an unknown purpose.

[barry1010]

So you want it to drive in Spain? Why not apply for a Spanish licence?

[THECORBYLOON]

"For the record i haven't driven a car now for over 30 years! So no i don't intend to drive in Spain."

[piggynose]

In fact I've lost count the amount of times I've been asked for proof of ID. The paper licence doesn't cut it!
A licence with a photo wudve saved me so much bother!!

[barry1010]

Surely you have a passport and a tarjeta de residencia