Guidance and regulation

Guidance on the required internal features for motor caravans.

• From: Department for Transport and 1 others
• Updated: 21 October 2019

• Internal features for motor caravans

  For a vehicle to be recognised as being converted to a motor caravan it…

How cars are inspected when they're being approved under the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) scheme to make sure they're safe to be used.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 5 May 2023

What DVLA expects to see when considering your application to change the body type description on your V5C registration certificate (log book) to motor caravan.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
• Updated: 7 August 2020

• Converting a vehicle into a motor caravan (motor home)

  DVLA is required to record vehicle details for road safety and law…

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.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 23 April 2021

Report a manufacturer or a dealer for making or selling new vehicles, vehicle parts and vehicle accessories with safety problems.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 4 July 2022

How the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) scheme works if you’re making or importing a single vehicle or a very small number of vehicles.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 25 March 2024

Find a test centre where you can get an Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA), Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval (MSVA) or Certificate of Initial Fitness (COIF) test.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 16 April 2024

Fees and test lengths for car, motorcycle, lorry, trailer, bus and coach approval tests.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 13 December 2022

Fees and test lengths for heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and trailer MOTs, prohibition clearances, dangerous goods (ADR) tests, TIR tests and low emission tests.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 1 April 2022

How vans and light goods vehicles are inspected when they're being approved under the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) scheme to make sure they're safe to be used.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 5 May 2023

How lorries are inspected when they're being approved under the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) scheme to make sure they're safe to be used.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 20 September 2023

How trailers are inspected when they're being approved under the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) scheme to make sure they're safe to be used.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 15 November 2023

The testing procedures and standards that examiners follow when they carry out Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval (MVSA) inspections.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 26 August 2022

How buses and coaches are inspected when they're being approved under the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) scheme to make sure they're safe to be used.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 15 March 2024

Find out if your heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or trailer needs a ministry plate and plating certificate, how to get them and what to do if you lose or damage them.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 20 March 2023

A list of vehicles for which Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) model reports have been created for different areas of compliance.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 11 December 2020

How to safely and legally modify a van in order to carry passengers in the rear, including information about seat belts and how many people you can carry.

• From: Department for Transport and 1 others
• Updated: 1 May 2010

How manufacturers can add their vehicles to the list of vehicles which are eligible for the electric vehicle chargepoint grant schemes.

• From: Office for Zero Emission Vehicles
• Updated: 4 July 2022

Bull bars for vehicles should comply with safety standards before they can be sold or fitted.

• From: Department for Transport and 1 others
• Updated: 1 May 2010

How changes to goods vehicles before they're registered will be approved by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 29 October 2014