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Manufacture or adapt a vehicle

Get a vehicle approved

• Vehicle approval
• Apply for Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA)
• Apply for a vehicle test or certificate for a lorry or trailer
• Apply for a vehicle test or certificate for a coach or bus
• Modify goods vehicles before they're registered

Register the vehicle

• Vehicle registration
• Vehicle registration schemes for the motor trade
• Get a vehicle log book (V5C)
• Private (personalised) number plates
• Displaying number plates
• Trade licence plates

Take your car off the road (SORN) and stop paying tax

• When you need to make a SORN
• Register your vehicle as off the road (SORN)
• Cancel your vehicle tax and get a refund

Change your vehicle tax details

• Change your vehicle's tax class
• Vehicle tax rates
• Calculate vehicle tax rates

Manufacturing regulations

• Electric bikes: licensing, tax and insurance
• Quad bikes: the rules
• Tinted vehicle windows: the law

Emissions

• Emissions testing
• Specialist tests for lorries
• Specialist tests for coaches and buses
• Fuel consumption and emissions for vans
• Car fuel and CO2 emissions data

Driving and transport

• Driving licences

• Vehicle tax, MOT and insurance

• Driving tests and learning to drive or ride

• Number plates, vehicle registration and log books

• Buy, sell or scrap a vehicle

• Driving with medical conditions, Blue Badges and public transport if you're disabled

• The Highway Code, road safety and vehicle rules

• Vehicle and driver data and information

• Penalty points, fines and driving bans

• Driving in the UK and abroad

• Lorry, bus and coach drivers

• Transport and driving businesses

• Teaching people to drive

• Driving and enforcing the law

• Parking, public transport and the environment

• Manufacture or adapt a vehicle

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