It may be, of course, that Chevening is classed as "Crown Estate" or "Crown Exempt" and so exempt from the need for a licence to be held? Like estuaries?
There's such rules for some motor vehicles. So maybe for land such as Chevening (although held by the Chevening Estate Trust) or Chequers or Dorney Wood have some sort of exemption?
My first wife married in 1987 divorced in 1993 or some such short time after, in her job, had a round sticker in the front window of her car that had a Queen's crown and around the edges the words "Crown Exempt" as is still the law, below so no vehicle excise duty was payable. Nor, anecdotally, could a "Crown Exempt" vehicle be given a parking ticket.
(2) A certificate of Crown exemption is a certificate—
(a)marked with the registration mark of the vehicle to which it relates;
(b)stating that the vehicle is exempt from vehicle excise duty as a Crown vehicle;
(c)signed by a duly authorised officer of the Government Department by which the vehicle is kept.
There's such rules for some motor vehicles. So maybe for land such as Chevening (although held by the Chevening Estate Trust) or Chequers or Dorney Wood have some sort of exemption?
My first wife married in 1987 divorced in 1993 or some such short time after, in her job, had a round sticker in the front window of her car that had a Queen's crown and around the edges the words "Crown Exempt" as is still the law, below so no vehicle excise duty was payable. Nor, anecdotally, could a "Crown Exempt" vehicle be given a parking ticket.
Certificates of Crown exemption
31.—(1) Subject to regulation 29(2), for the purposes of identification, a certificate of Crown exemption shall be displayed on every vehicle belonging to the Crown which is used or kept on a public road.(2) A certificate of Crown exemption is a certificate—
(a)marked with the registration mark of the vehicle to which it relates;
(b)stating that the vehicle is exempt from vehicle excise duty as a Crown vehicle;
(c)signed by a duly authorised officer of the Government Department by which the vehicle is kept.
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