Hi Pewter,
I have not time to explain the statutory reasons why you have to register insure or tax your vehicle, only that, at the end of the day, if you do not, it will be taken from you and crushed, and if you do not turn up in court to answer the various charges that arise from this you WILL be jailed.......
What you say about the police being able to send you to an asylum is I am afraid incorrect, THEY MOST CERTAINLY CAN and will...... [i have added notes in blue... and the bold type]
Mentally disordered persons found in public places. [section 136 mental health Act 1983]
(1) If a constable finds in a place to which the public have access [Anywhere in practice] a person who appears to him to be suffering from mental disorder and to be in immediate need of care or control, the constable may, if he thinks it necessary to do so in the interests of that person or for the protection of other persons, remove that person to a place of safety within the meaning of section 135. [see the last paragraph for meaning of "place of safety"]
(2) A person removed to a place of safety under this section may be detained there for a period not exceeding 72 hours for the purpose of enabling him to be examined by a registered medical practitioner and to be interviewed by an approved mental health professional and of making any necessary arrangements for his treatment or care. [so, that will see you locked up for 3 days for a start off]
(3) A constable, an approved mental health professional or a person authorised by either of them for the purposes of this subsection may, before the end of the period of 72 hours mentioned in subsection (2) above, take a person detained in a place of safety under that subsection to one or more other places of safety. [Guess where that is going to be???]
(4) A person taken to a place of a safety under subsection (3) above may be detained there for a purpose mentioned in subsection (2) above for a period ending no later than the end of the period of 72 hours mentioned in that subsection.
In this section “place of safety” means residential accommodation provided by a local social services authority under Part III of the National Assistance Act 1948, a hospital as defined by this Act, a police station, an independent hospital or care home for mentally disordered persons or any other suitable place the occupier of which is willing temporarily to receive the patient.
So, the police CAN take you to an asylum, in fact, this is what they will do in practice, they will ONLY stick you in the cells, IF and only if, there is no room in the mental hospital.
Following this, you can be held as i have explained, for 3 days under section 136, during which time you WILL NOT be allowed to leave and WILL be kept there BY FORCE IF NECESSARY.
Next, at some stage during the 3 days [could be a long wait], you will be assessed by a consultant psychiatrist. THEN, you will EITHER be "sectioned" under one of the other sections of the mental health act 1983, OR, you may be released, [and this may have conditions attached].......
Shall i tell you how easily this can happen?????
Ok..... You do NOT have to be a raving madman... Let us imagine that you are in a public place, minding your own business, not hurting anyone, not even making a sound, but appear distressed or upset.
Next, a concerned member of the public phones the police.
The police turn up and will speak to you......
They are normal people like anyone else. If in their judgement you are confused, or delusional, or at risk of harming yourself or another person, you WILL be arrested under section 136.
They might even ask you the famous question, [they ARE trying to help] "can you keep yourself safe" If you answer "NO", you WILL [Once again!] be arrested and taken to the local hospital, you will NOT be permitted to leave, and, if after an initial assessment by an on call psychiatrist, there are still concerns as to your wellbeing, or concerns that you are ill, you will be sent to the mental hospital for a proper assesment. Until this assessment has been completed, YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE. [And maybe not for a very long while after...........]
Believe me and trust me on this....
On a lighter note, these "freeman" idiots; There is not ONE recorded case anywhere in the world [not just britain] where these halfwits have EVER won a legal action or defended one sucessfully, not ONE.....
john.....