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• Apply for a vehicle operator licence
• Manage your vehicle operator licence
• Check an HGV is ready to cross the border (Kent Access Permit)
• Check vehicle operator licence applications
• Driving licences for taxis and private hire vehicles
• Register your trailer to take it abroad

Goods vehicle operators

• Being a goods vehicle operator
• Apply for a vehicle operator licence
• Manage your vehicle operator licence
• Check which international road haulage permits you need
• Supply a large goods trailer for use on the road
• Find a weighbridge
• Check an HGV is ready to cross the border (Kent Access Permit)
• Haulage jobs in the EU
• Pay the heavy goods vehicle (HGV) levy
• Register with ESDAL
• ESDAL abnormal load notification
• Transporting abnormal loads
• Apply for a vehicle test or certificate for a lorry or trailer
• Transport goods out of the UK by road: step by step
• Transporting goods

Bus and public service vehicle operators

• PSV (Public Service Vehicle) operator licences
• Apply for a vehicle operator licence
• Manage your vehicle operator licence
• Limousine licensing
• Run a local bus service
• Find registered local bus services
• Apply for a vehicle test or certificate for a coach or bus

Vehicle operator licences

• Apply for a vehicle operator licence
• Manage your vehicle operator licence
• Check vehicle operator licence applications
• Traffic commissioner public inquiries
• Find lorry or bus operators
• Trade licence plates

Managing your vehicles

• HGV, bus and trailer MOT
• Operator Compliance Risk Score (OCRS)
• Manage your commercial vehicle compliance
• Access DVSA online report services
• Pay a DVSA roadside fine
• Get information about your DVLA Fleet Scheme vehicles
• Find your local approved speed limiter centre
• Report red diesel used on public roads

Drivers' hours and tachographs

• Drivers' hours
• Tachographs: rules for drivers and operators
• Apply for a company digital tachograph card
• Find your local Approved Tachograph Centre (ATC)
• Setting up an Approved Tachograph Centre (ATC)
• Tell DVLA you've changed address: step by step
• Order DVLA forms

Enforcement

• Report a lorry, bus or coach driver or company

Taxis

• Driving licences for taxis and private hire vehicles
• Vehicle licences for taxis or private hire vehicles
• Private hire vehicle operator licence outside London
• Operator licences for running a private hire or taxi business in London
• Limousine licensing
• Report unlicensed taxi or minicab drivers

Employing and testing drivers

• Employing people to drive
• Check someone's driving licence information
• Provide driving tests for your employees
• Record delegated driving test details

Providing MOTs and vehicle tests

• Become an MOT tester
• MOT tester training and annual assessments
• Find an MOT tester or manager course
• Record MOT test results
• Set up an MOT test station
• Being an MOT tester
• Running an MOT centre
• MOT forms
• MOT manuals and special notices

Speed limiters

• Becoming a speed limiter centre
• Find your local approved speed limiter centre

Buying, selling and importing vehicles

• Tell DVLA you've sold, transferred or bought a vehicle
• Importing vehicles into the UK
• Vehicle approval
• Apply for Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA)

Vehicle tests and tax

• Apply to tax a Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV)
• Get an annual test (MOT) for a lorry, bus or trailer: step by step
• Book a single annual test at a DVSA test station
• Book tests for multiple vehicles at a DVSA test station
• Specialist tests for lorries
• Specialist tests for coaches and buses