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The Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) is the designated UK national authority for approving new road vehicles, agricultural tractors, off-road vehicles and components. VCA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Transport .
You must make sure your car, motorcycle or other vehicle is safe to drive (‘roadworthy’) all year round.
Check if you're old enough, or have the right kind of driving licence, to drive different kinds of vehicle
What to do when selling a vehicle: your vehicle log book (V5C), submitting the right information to DVLA, private (personalised) registration numbers.
Check registration, MOT, tax, vehicle identification number and other details to help make sure a used car is not stolen or unsafe
Find out about the private use of company cars and vans and when a benefit charge is incurred.
How government is supporting research, development and demonstration of connected and autonomous vehicles, such as driverless cars.
Check and report if a vehicle has up-to-date vehicle tax or is 'off road' (SORN)
Check the tariff classification of multifunctional display-monitors for vehicles.
How to register your vehicle and the cost - new registrations, kit cars, rebuilds, radically altered vehicles, old and classic vehicles, vehicle identification numbers, Q plates
Check which electric (plug-in) and hybrid vans, trucks and motorbikes are available for a grant.
Check if a vehicle model, part or accessory has been recalled because of a fault in how it was made
If you provide company cars to your employees, use form P46 (Car) to tell HMRC
Information on what you can and cannot film during a driving test and how to follow the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) policy.
Check fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and vehicle tax bands by make model and registration
Tell HMRC about changes to your PAYE company car or fuel benefit details
Check a vehicle's details, tax and SORN status and expiry dates on the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Agency (DVLA) database - online and telephone enquiries
Check the MOT history of a vehicle from 2005 onwards, including if it passed or failed, its mileage and why it failed, download MOT test certificate
You can report an abandoned vehicle like a dumped car to the local council
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