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Who can drive a van, the speed limits and weight limits that apply, and rules on loading, drivers' hours and maintenance.
How you can train to drive a heavy goods vehicle (HGV): Skills Bootcamps, apprenticeships, vocational courses and driving schools.
How to become a transport manager, get the Transport Manager Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) and get added to a vehicle operator's licence.
Types of public service vehicle (PSV) operator licences, application forms and application guidance notes. Appealing a decision and making changes to your licence
Private hire vehicle operator licence; taxi, private hire, minicab, licence, vehicle.
How to qualify as a dangerous goods driver, choosing what training you need, finding a training provider, getting and keeping your ADR card up to date, replacing a card, staying qualified and adding substance classes to your ADR card.
You can apply to transfer an operating centre from one vehicle operator's licence to another - sometimes known as a 'schedule 4 transfer'.
Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and trailer documents you need to legally cross international borders in a UK-registered vehicle.
Being stopped by the police or DVSA - fixed penalties, roadside prohibitions, driving without an operator's licence, immobilisation and impounding.
To correct an error in The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Applications for heavy goods vehicle (HGV) operator licences to, and decisions made by, the Traffic Commissioner.
Find lorry and bus operators by name, address or licence number
Apply for permits to travel to or through Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Russia, Tunisia, Turkey and Ukraine, and the rules you must follow.
Find out if you need the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) qualification to drive a lorry, bus or coach, or if you could be exempt.
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