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Guides about keeping commercial vehicles safe to drive, including heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), vans, buses, coaches and other public service vehicles.
Overview of the public service vehicle operator licensing system.
Find out when the Environment Agency classes a motor vehicle as waste and waste controls apply.
How to keep heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and public service vehicles (PSVs) safe to drive, including daily checks, inspections, maintenance and record keeping.
How to account for VAT on vehicles and fuel you use for your business.
The areas that are looked at during maintenance investigations to check that vehicle operators have suitable systems, facilities and arrangements.
Overview of the vehicle operator licensing system.
Find out about the calculation of the company car benefit charge.
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.
When you need an MOT for your vehicle, what it costs, what happens if your vehicle fails, and how to get mistakes on the MOT certificate fixed.
Information and rules about vehicle maintenance, safety and security.
Checks you should carry out every time you tow a trailer, caravan or horsebox with a car, to make sure you're towing safely and legally.
Assessing corrosion and methods of repair for car and passenger vehicle MOT tests.
Find out about the help you can get to run your business safely and efficiently if you've been a vehicle operator for less than 6 months.
The Civil Service competency framework, sets out how we want people in the Civil Service to work.
Check registration, MOT, tax, vehicle identification number and other details to help make sure a used car is not stolen or unsafe
What you need to check inside and outside of the vehicle when you do a bus, coach or other public service vehicle (PSV) walkaround check.
Scrap your vehicle at an authorised treatment facility if it’s reached the end of its life and you want to dispose of it
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