{"id":36814,"date":"2012-12-05T11:42:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T11:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=fe7a58199809e18bde9e1521a9f841ec"},"modified":"2013-12-11T11:34:03","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T11:34:03","slug":"news-story-dsa-opening-hours-christmas-and-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=36814","title":{"rendered":"News story: DSA opening hours: Christmas and New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Updated the dates and information for Christmas 2013 and New Year 2014.<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p><abbr title=\"Driving Standards Agency\">DSA<\/abbr>\u2019s online services will be available throughout Christmas and the New Year. You\u2019ll be able to: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/browse\/driving\/learning-to-drive\" title=\"Book and manage your theory or practical driving test\">book and manage your theory or practical driving test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/dsa-online-business-service\" title=\"Use the DSA online business service\">use the <abbr title=\"Driving Standards Agency\">DSA<\/abbr> online business service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/browse\/driving\/teaching-people-to-drive\" title=\"Use instructor services\">use instructor services<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"driving-test-centres-and-customer-support-centre\">Driving test centres and customer support centre<\/h2>\n<p><abbr title=\"Driving Standards Agency\">DSA<\/abbr> will be operating a normal service up to and including Tuesday 24 December.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>Driving test centres<\/th>\n<th>Customer service centre<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Monday 23 December<\/td>\n<td>Most centres will be open<\/td>\n<td>Open<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuesday 24 December<\/td>\n<td>Most centres will be open<\/td>\n<td>Open<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wednesday 25 December<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thursday 26 December<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Friday 27 December<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monday 30 December<\/td>\n<td>Most centres will be open<\/td>\n<td>Open<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuesday 31 December<\/td>\n<td>Most centres will be open<\/td>\n<td>Open<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wednesday 1 January<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<td>Closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thursday 2 January<\/td>\n<td>Scotland: closed &#8211; England and Wales: most centres will be open<\/td>\n<td>Open<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 id=\"last-date-to-change-or-cancel-a-driving-test\">Last date to change or cancel a driving test<\/h2>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>You must give at least 3 clear working days\u2019 notice to change your test date or cancel it, or you\u2019ll have to pay again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sundays and public holidays don\u2019t count as working days.<\/p>\n<p>The tables show the last dates you can change or cancel your test. The date will depend on where you live, and whether you\u2019re doing it online or by phone.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"england-and-wales\">England and Wales<\/h3>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Test date<\/th>\n<th>Last date to change or cancel online<\/th>\n<th>Last date to change or cancel by phone<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuesday 24 December<\/td>\n<td>Thursday 19 December<\/td>\n<td>Thursday 19 December<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Saturday 28 December<\/td>\n<td>Sunday 22 December<\/td>\n<td>Friday 20 December<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sunday 29 December<\/td>\n<td>Monday 23 December<\/td>\n<td>Monday 23 December<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monday 30 December<\/td>\n<td>Monday 23 December<\/td>\n<td>Monday 23 December<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuesday 31 December<\/td>\n<td>Tuesday 24 December<\/td>\n<td>Tuesday 24 December<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thursday 2 January<\/td>\n<td>Friday 27 December<\/td>\n<td>Tuesday 24 December<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Friday 3 January<\/td>\n<td>Sunday 29 December<\/td>\n<td>Tuesday 24 December<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Saturday 4 January<\/td>\n<td>Monday 30 December<\/td>\n<td>Monday 30 December<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sunday 5 January<\/td>\n<td>Tuesday 31 December<\/td>\n<td>Tuesday 31 December<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monday 6 January<\/td>\n<td>Tuesday 31 December<\/td>\n<td>Tuesday 31 December<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuesday 7 January<\/td>\n<td>Thursday 2 January<\/td>\n<td>Thursday 2 January<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 id=\"scotland\">Scotland<\/h3>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Test date<\/th>\n<th>Last date to change or cancel online<\/th>\n<th>Last date to change or cancel by phone<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuesday 24 December<\/td>\n<td>Thursday 19 December<\/td>\n<td>Thursday 19 December<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Saturday 28 December<\/td>\n<td>Sunday 22 December<\/td>\n<td>Friday 20 December<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sunday 29 December<\/td>\n<td>Monday 23 December<\/td>\n<td>Monday 23 December<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monday 30 December<\/td>\n<td>Monday 23 December<\/td>\n<td>Monday 23 December<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuesday 31 December<\/td>\n<td>Tuesday 24 December<\/td>\n<td>Tuesday 24 December<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Friday 3 January<\/td>\n<td>Friday 27 December<\/td>\n<td>Tuesday 24 December<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Saturday 4 January<\/td>\n<td>Sunday 29 December<\/td>\n<td>Tuesday 24 December<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sunday 5 January<\/td>\n<td>Monday 30 December<\/td>\n<td>Monday 30 December<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monday 6 January<\/td>\n<td>Monday 30 December<\/td>\n<td>Monday 30 December<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuesday 7 January<\/td>\n<td>Tuesday 31 December<\/td>\n<td>Tuesday 31 December<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) will close at times over Christmas and New Year, but its online services will be available as normal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36814"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}