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The rules for child car seats and booster seats - height, weight, age, type of vehicle, car, minibus, licensed taxi

• Using a child car seat or booster seat

  Children must normally use a child car seat until they’re 12 years old or…

• When a child can travel without a car seat

  A child aged 3 or older can travel in a back seat without a child car seat…

If your car or other vehicle has seat belts you must use them, with only a few exceptions

• Overview

  You must wear a seat belt if one is fitted in the seat you’re using -…

• When you do not need to wear a seat belt

  You do not need to wear a seat belt if you’re: a driver who is reversing,…

• If your vehicle does not have seat belts

  If your vehicle does not have seat belts, for example it’s a classic car,…

Check the tariff classification for van vehicles with more than one row of seats.

• Updated: 23 August 2024

Check if an item of upholstered domestic seating is a waste or non-waste item and, if it is waste, identify if it contains persistent organic pollutants (POPs).

• Updated: 26 April 2024

Declare that seat belt anchorages in passenger carrying vehicles meet safety standards when you get them approved using Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA).

Updating your V5C registration certificate (log book) if you make changes to your vehicle.

Change the amount of vehicle tax you pay when you change your vehicle's engine size, fuel type, or if it becomes exempt from vehicle tax.

Changing an inheritance after death (a 'variation') and how it can affect amounts of Inheritance and Capital Gains tax due

How to register your vehicle and the cost: including new registrations, kit-built vehicles, repairs and restorations, and structural modifications.

This notice explains when protective equipment is zero-rated and children's car seats and travel systems are reduced-rated at 5% VAT.

• Updated: 4 November 2022