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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
When your vehicle has reached the end of its usefulness, you must get it…
Find an authorised treatment facility (ATF) where your vehicle can be…
When you make an insurance claim because your vehicle is damaged, your…
Find out when the Environment Agency classes a motor vehicle as waste and waste controls apply.
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
CMA provisionally clears Copart’s completed purchase of Hills Motors following new evidence
How to apply to be an authorised treatment facility (ATF) for ELVs, comply with ELV regulations and meet recycling targets.
Find an authorised scrapyard where you can take your vehicle to be scrapped
You can report an abandoned vehicle like a dumped car to the local council
Importing vehicles into the UK - register imported vehicles, GB conversion IVA scheme, type approval, vehicle excise duty and VAT
The CMA has cleared the completed purchase of Hills Motors by Copart after an in-depth phase 2 investigation
Wreck and salvage laws, the role of the Receiver of the Wreck, wreck owners and salvors and how to report wreck material.
The CMA is investigating suspected anti-competitive conduct in relation to the recycling of old or written-off vehicles, specifically cars and vans, also known as ‘end-of-life vehicles’ or ELVs.
Find out about the VAT liability of insurance transactions and insurance related services.
The CMA investigated the completed acquisition by Copart, Inc. of Green Parts Specialist Holdings Ltd (Hills Motors).
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