Vehicle manufacturing and modification

The law on converting or making modifications to vehicles, vehicle manufacturing classification.

Services

  • Trade licence plates - who can use them, when they can be used and how to get a trade licence

  • To drive a road legal quad bike you must have it approved, registered, taxed and given an MOT if needed

  • Type approval, individual (IVA), motorcycle single vehicle approval, voluntary approval, certificate of initial fitness, accessibility approval, fees, forms, replacement certificates

  • Send test and certificate forms using the technical application submission (TAS) service, including first time tests, notifiable alterations and replacing plating or test documents

  • Apply for an Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) test for cars, goods vehicles, buses and coaches, and trailers on the technical application submission (TAS) service

Guidance and regulation

News and communications

Research and statistics

Policy papers and consultations

Transparency and freedom of information releases