points on Licence

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Originally Posted by El Saxo

Richie, AFAIK the points are technically gone after 3 yrs, regardless of whether they are still physically written on your counterpart document.

BUT some insurers ask for any motoring convictions within the past 5 years - watch out for this one! My dad had his insurance cancelled at one point cos he didn't declare an SP30 that was 4 years old...

Generally accurate. I believe the points are active for three years from the date of the offence but are only considered "spent" after four years which is when you can apply for them to be removed from your licence.





I think!

What they all said.

They count for 3 years as far as totting up towards 12 points goes.
You can ask to have them physically removed after four years. This normally costs, but if you're changing your address, it's much cheaper (free?) .

I moved house a while back, and held off changing my license details until my previous SP 30 ran out. But then 3 years and 363 days after that offence I got another one. Oh how I laughed.

I'm now dowbn to 3 points as the other 3 expired yesterday Happy I am......

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Originally Posted by Bellerophon

Generally accurate. I believe the points are active for three years from the date of the offence but are only considered "spent" after four years which is when you can apply for them to be removed from your licence.

That's what I thought too - BUT, what's actaully the point in getting them physically removed if they're spent after a certain period of time anyway? I've got 9 points, six spent and am wondering whether it's worth spending the cash to get em wiped if I still need to declare for insurance etc.