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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.
How to set up a training centre and get approval to provide Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) periodic training courses.
Apply for Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) if you’re making or importing a single trailer, or a very small number of trailers.
How to get a Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) periodic training course approved by DVSA.
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.
The rules about the size of L plates that must be displayed on a vehicle being driven by a learner driver.
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.
Apply for Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) if you’re making or importing a single lorry or a very small number of lorries or goods vehicles.
Check the balance of your pre-funded account, top it up, and view your invoices.
Links to tools which provide access to bespoke tabulation, visualisation and mapping of road collision and casualty data
Changes to how to record training from April 2024, avoiding battery drain issues on some vehicles and what to do with low diesel smoke plate values.
Check which documents you need to carry if you're the driver or a passenger in a lorry or other heavy goods vehicle (HGV) that crosses international borders.
Fees and test lengths for car, motorcycle, lorry, trailer, bus and coach approval tests.
Advice on when a school employee with a car driving licence may drive a minibus and when a section 19 permit might be required.
An overview of the automated passenger services scheme and the roles of local authorities and transport bodies in considering deployments.
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.
How the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) earned recognition scheme works, how to apply, and what happens when you've joined.
How to find an MOT centre to test your dangerous goods vehicle, declare it’s safe to be tested, and what to bring to the test.
Dealing with vehicles taking part in the self-driving vehicle pilot scheme as a first responder.
Guidance on how to fill in a VTL301 application form for a first trade licence.
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