DVLA challenged to provide legal basis for 'delinquency charges' on renewal of expired driver's licence

The public must know which institution investigates driving without a valid licence, which institution initiates prosecution, and the limited circumstances in which the DVLA may impose or collect an administrative charge.

A driver who has already been prosecuted and fined by a court for driving with an expired licence may face an additional escalating charge at renewal.

Expiry does not prove that a person was driving It said a person may hold a Ghanaian driver’s licence without owning a vehicle or driving regularly.