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Sue-the-cat | 21:14 Fri 29th Jun 2012 | Motoring
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Hi Someone at work today said it is now illegal to have the old green paper licence. Is it?
I have not heard anything about this and guess who has an old licence.
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I have the old green licence. I have not heard anything about it now being invalid.
No it's not illegal. I only had to get a new one when I moved house.
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> Is it?

Of course not! It has an expiry date on it - that's when it will become invalid.

If you need to renew it for any reason, you will then have to get a new style one.
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Thank you all.
i have an old style although its pink not green..
"Of course not! It has an expiry date on it - that's when it will become invalid"

That, of course, is not necessarily true; licences may be withdrawn at any time. The last issue of the old-form paper driving licences was in 1998, thus such a licence having been issued to a 17-year old at that time could have an expiration date in 2051. At some time before that date all paper licences may be subject to compulsory surrender, as per the amending provisions of S.39 Road Safety Act 2006 in respect of S.98A Road Traffic Act 1988.

http://www.legislatio...a/1988/52/section/98A

Compulsory surrender of old-form driving licences has not yet been enacted and is not imminent. I recall reading a Parliament consultation paper predicting withdrawal of the paper licence within the next 20 years.

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