 
|
How
to surrender your driving licence and
return to driving at a later date
The
medical standards of fitness to drive are available
to all medical practitioners. There may be an
occasion when your own doctor may have advised
you not to drive, in accordance with these standards.
Surrendering
your driving licence
If
you have been informed by your doctor not
to drive you can surrender your driving
licence to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing
Agency (DVLA). Surrendering your licence
removes the need for the DVLA to make formal
medical enquiries into your fitness to drive.
If medical enquiries are made and these
confirm that you cannot meet the required
medical standards of fitness to drive, your
licence will have to be revoked. If you
wish to surrender your driving licence you
can download and complete the following
declaration (PDF format).
The
completed document can then be returned to us
by post, fax or email. If you choose to email
the questionnaire(s) you should note that this
is not a secure means of communication and that
DVLA accepts no responsibility for handling your
email until after it is received. You can post,
fax and email your documents to the following
address and numbers below:
|
|
|
|
If
you decide to return to driving after voluntary surrender
If
in the future, following surrender, you apply for the restoration
of your driving licence, medical enquiries will need to be
made. However, whilst these enquiries are being carried out
the law provides cover to drive under Section 88 of the Road
Traffic Act, 1988. This means that as soon as your application
is received at DVLA (following voluntary surrender) you may
resume driving provided you meet the following criteria:
- a
valid application is held at the DVLA
- you
have not or would not be refused or revoked a licence
for medical reasons and you are able to meet the medical
standards of fitness to drive. These standards are set
down in "At a glance guide to the current standards
of fitness to drive". All medical practitioners have
access to this publication, therefore if you are in
any doubt about your ability to meet these standards,
you should check with you doctor before you resume driving
- you
must have held a GB or Northern Ireland licence issued
since 1 January 1976 or another exchangeable licence
- you
keep to any special conditions which may apply to you,
and to your licence
- you
are not disqualified from driving
|
|
