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The DVLA is an executive agency of the Department for Transport. The current Chief Executive of the agency is Julie (Karen) Lennard. [3] The DVLA is based in Swansea, Wales, with a prominent 16-storey building in Clase and offices in Swansea Vale. It was previously known as the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre.
The Department for Transport (DfT) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.It is responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland that have not been devolved.
A local memory tag, or area code, consisting of two letters which together indicate the local registration office. By December 2013, all local offices had been closed, [20] but the letters still represent a region. The letters I, Q and Z are not used as local office identifiers, though O is used for Oxford; Z can be used only as a random letter.
This responsibility was transferred to the DVLA. Personalised ( private ) registrations must now be purchased through the DVLA directly, and customers are recommended to tax their vehicles online. Customers can still tax their vehicles in person at a Post Office branch in Northern Ireland.
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.
From 21 July 2014, vehicle registration in Northern Ireland became the responsibility of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency DVLA in Swansea, which also administers the system used in Great Britain. The pre-1972 format of Northern Ireland registration plates continues unchanged in Northern Ireland.
Switzerland - Although there is a federal transport department, which has offices in transportation and roads, there is no federal motor vehicle office. Such business is done locally in cantonal motoring office. Geneva - Service cantonal des véhicules; Ticino - Sezione della circolazione; Vaud - Service des automobiles et de la navigation
The Church of St. John and Tabernacle Chapel remain important town landmarks, along with Morriston Hospital and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), both major employers in the area. The Morriston hospital, the largest near Swansea, is located in Cwmrhydyceirw, about one mile north of Morriston