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Came across this on the net and I was reminded of when I learned about such technical Road Traffic laws some 32 years ago.
I have a distant memory of travellers being able to give a Post Office as an address provided they visit it a given number of times a year. Can't be more specific than that as I can't remember any more!
* In this country, if you have no fixed abode you are treated pretty much as a vagrant. You will find it difficult because of anti-money-laundering regs to maintain a bank account. Healthcare will be difficult because you won't be able to register with a doctor etc. You will lose the right to vote and the Vagrancy Act takes other rights away.
* As a private individual, you must provide DVLA with a physical, residential address for both your licence and your vehicle registration. Without a suitable address, you cannot legally keep a motor vehicle and it might make your licence invalid. While incorporated bodies can use a PO box, living people cannot.
* You can use the address of a willing friend or neighbour if you don't have a "concrete caravan" and I understand that some New Age Travellers use the address of a willing B&B. However, pragmatically, you have to be able to live at the address you give even if you spend all your time away.
* It might be possible to use a mailbox service (e.g. Mailboxes etc.) for DVLA purposes, but IME that's moot because of insurance requirements. That said, you need to ensure that mail sent to the address that you've given DVLA etc. will reach you, and this is where a mailbox service can come in handy. MBE, for example, have depots all over UK and Europe and it only takes a phone call a couple of days ahead to check if you have mail and arrange to forward it to somewhere convenient for you to collect. So it can make it easier for the person at your registered address to forward it to your mailbox and let the mailbox company handle delivery from there.
* I've only found one company (Comfort Insurance) who will insure full timers. All the rest I've asked require that you reside at the address you give, while Comfort only require that you are a UK resident. Comfort are the only company I've found who will give full year coverage for European travel and can supply green cards (for an admin fee) for most European countries that require one (no "mainstream" EU country does). However, Comfort require a residential address and it must be the one that's on your licence.
* Whatever you do, do not hide the full-timing nature of your vehicle use from the insurers. By all means dress it up by calling it "an extended tour", but if you fail to declare this (or any other significant fact) you risk voiding your insurance.
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