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Scrap your vehicle at an authorised treatment facility if it’s reached the end of its life and you want to dispose of it
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Find out when the Environment Agency classes a motor vehicle as waste and waste controls apply.
Get help to classify various types of vehicles such as mobility scooters, dumpers and utility vehicles, all-terrain vehicles and e-bikes for import and export.
How councils and national park authorities should deal with the removal of abandoned vehicles from land in the open air and roads.
Buy or sell a vehicle, check a used vehicle, written off vehicles, scrapping a vehicle
The U16 exemption allows you to reuse the parts from depolluted end-of-life vehicles in other vehicles.
How to account for VAT on vehicles and fuel you use for your business.
Find an authorised scrapyard where you can take your vehicle to be scrapped
Check registration, MOT, tax, vehicle identification number and other details to help make sure a used car is not stolen or unsafe
Find out about the private use of company cars and vans and when a benefit charge is incurred.
Find out how much you have to pay and where you have to collect your vehicle from if it's been clamped or impounded
Explanations of the different terms you might see on your driving licence
Check the tariff classification for a four-wheeled vehicle with an electric motor powered by rechargeable batteries.
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing company cars, including fuel
Contact the police to report a vehicle with no MOT - you need the vehicle's number plate, make, model and colour.
VAT for car dealers and members of the motor trade - how to reclaim VAT and what to charge when you sell a vehicle
How and when you can seize a vehicle to investigate a waste crime.
Find out about more information for the use of pooled cars or vans.
How to apply to be an authorised treatment facility (ATF) for ELVs, comply with ELV regulations and meet recycling targets.
What to do when selling a vehicle: your vehicle log book (V5C), submitting the right information to DVLA, private (personalised) registration numbers.
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