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The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is an executive agency of the UK Department for Transport (DfT).. It carries out driving tests, approves people to be driving instructors and MOT testers, carries out tests to make sure lorries and buses are safe to drive, [2] carries out roadside checks on drivers and vehicles, and monitors vehicle recalls.
Pre-2012 logo of DVLA. The vehicle register held by DVLA is used in many ways. For example, by the DVLA itself to identify untaxed vehicles, and by outside agencies to identify keepers of cars entering central London who have not paid the congestion charge, or who exceed speed limits on a road that has speed cameras by matching the cars to their keepers utilising the DVLA database.
The UK Government introduced on 1 August 2008 regulations requiring the production of personal identification and vehicle registration documents when having number plates made by a retailer. [97] The organisation that makes the plate is required to display their name and postcode, usually in small print at bottom centre, to aid in tracing false ...
It is a legal requirement in the UK for most types of motor vehicle to be registered if they are to be used on the public road. [1] All new and imported vehicles are required to be entered onto the register, which is administered by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) in Great Britain and by Driver & Vehicle Agency (DVA) in Northern ...
The name of the new agency was confirmed as the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) on 28 November 2013. [4] VOSA was abolished on 31 March 2014, and its responsibilities passed to the DVSA on 1 April 2014.
This was part of the Transformational Government strategy. Its corporate information, which included how the agency was run, consultations, and press releases, was moved to the Department for Transport website. All DSA's information about learning to drive and ride and for businesses moved to the single government website GOV.UK on 17 October 2012.
gov.uk (styled on the site as GOV.UK) is a United Kingdom public sector information website, created by the Government Digital Service to provide a single point of access to HM Government services. The site launched as a beta on 31 January 2012, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] following on from the AlphaGov project.
American state-issued registration certificate from 1917. A vehicle registration certificate is an official document providing proof of registration of a vehicle. It is used primarily by governments as a means of ensuring that all road vehicles are on the national vehicle register, but is also used as a form of law enforcement and to facilitate change of ownership when buying and selling a ...