Vehicle manufacturing and modification

The law on converting or making modifications to vehicles, vehicle manufacturing classification.

Services

  • Trade licence plates - who can use them, when they can be used and how to get a trade licence

  • To drive a road legal quad bike you must have it approved, registered, taxed and given an MOT if needed

  • Apply to get replacement heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or trailer plating certificates or ministry plates if the originals have been lost or damaged.

  • Apply for an Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) test for cars, goods vehicles, buses and coaches, and trailers on the manage vehicle testing service

  • Type approval, individual (IVA), motorcycle single vehicle approval, voluntary approval, certificate of initial fitness, accessibility approval, fees, forms, replacement certificates

Guidance and regulation

News and communications

Research and statistics

Policy papers and consultations

Transparency and freedom of information releases