{"id":956,"date":"2014-03-20T19:27:22","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T19:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/?p=956"},"modified":"2019-02-05T11:20:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T11:20:55","slug":"new-flexible-approach-to-handling-test-cancellations-from-april-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/new-flexible-approach-to-handling-test-cancellations-from-april-1\/","title":{"rendered":"New flexible approach to handling test cancellations from April 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">DVSA will introduce a more flexible approach to the way it handles short notice cancellation of tests by candidates from April 1, 2014. No, it&#8217;s not an April Fool&#8217;s prank.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At the moment, candidates automatically lose their fee if they cancel or change their test without giving DVSA three clear working days\u2019 notice.<\/p>\n<p>From 1 April, candidates will be able to ask for a rebooking at short notice with no charge if they can\u2019t take their test because of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a medically certified illness<\/li>\n<li>a bereavement<\/li>\n<li>school exams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>DVSA will also continue to offer a refund or new test date to serving members of the armed forces who are called for duty.<\/p>\n<p>Presumably rebookings will be accommodated within either a buffer time allocated by DVSA, or during other cancelled appointments.<\/p>\n<p>Surely school exams would be known for a long time in advance, so possible explanations for this new-found leniency are that DVSA expects long waiting times at some test centres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DVSA will introduce a more flexible approach to the way it handles short notice cancellation of tests by candidates from April 1, 2014. No, it&#8217;s not an April Fool&#8217;s prank. At the moment, candidates automatically lose their fee if they<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/new-flexible-approach-to-handling-test-cancellations-from-april-1\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[167],"class_list":["post-956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-dvsa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":957,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956\/revisions\/957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}