Apply for a vehicle operator licence
Your organisation and team
When you apply, you바카라 사이트檒l be asked:
- whether you바카라 사이트檙e a limited company, sole trader, partnership, limited liability partnership or other organisation
- the name of your organisation聽
- what the organisation does聽
- your address and contact details聽
- the names of the people responsible for your organisation, for example the owner, transport manager, company directors or safety inspectors
If you바카라 사이트檙e a limited company, the organisation name and details you provide must match the details on Companies House or your application may be rejected.
Employing or hiring a transport manager
If you바카라 사이트檙e applying for a standard licence, you바카라 사이트檒l be asked to name a transport manager. That person could be you or someone else.
You바카라 사이트檒l need to provide:
- their date of birth
- their contact details
- proof that they바카라 사이트檙e qualified to be a transport manager for goods vehicles or public service vehicles, for example a copy of their Certificate of Professional Competence聽
- how many hours a day they바카라 사이트檒l spend on transport manager duties
- a list of any convictions or cautions
Your transport manager also needs to be one of the following:
- already working for your organisation聽
- somebody you hire
- somebody you contract聽
Your team바카라 사이트檚 history
To prepare for your application, you바카라 사이트檒l need to find out some information about your team. The Office of the Traffic Commissioner will use this to check your organisation can hold a vehicle operator licence.
Financial history
When you apply you바카라 사이트檒l need to tell the Office of the Traffic Commissioner whether any directors, partners or transport managers have been:
- declared bankrupt, had their estate seized or been the subject of an
- involved with an organisation that has gone or is going into receivership
- involved with an organisation that has gone or is going into administration or a Company Voluntary Arrangement
- previously disqualified from acting as a company director or managing a company
By 바카라 사이트渋nvolved with an organisation바카라 사이트�, we mean anyone named on the licence or named in the licence application. For example directors, safety inspectors, and transport managers.
Licence history聽
You바카라 사이트檒l need to tell the Office of the Traffic Commissioner whether any directors, partners or transport managers have:
- an operator licence in any traffic area currently
- ever had or applied for an operator licence in any traffic area
- ever been disqualified from having an operator licence in any traffic area
- ever had an operator licence application refused by a traffic commissioner for Great Britain, the Northern Ireland Transport Regulation Unit or by any EU licensing authority
- ever had an operator licence taken away, suspended or limited by a traffic commissioner for Great Britain, the Department for Infrastructure for Northern Ireland or by any EU licensing authority
- ever taken part in a public inquiry held by a Traffic Commissioner
- bought assets or shares in a company that holds or has held an operator licence in any traffic area
Convictions and cautions
You바카라 사이트檒l need to declare if any of the following people and companies you work with have certain convictions or cautions:
- directors, partners and transport managers
- companies that are (or have been) directed by anybody you바카라 사이트檝e named
- your parent company, if you바카라 사이트檙e a limited company
- your employees and agents
Setting up your IT systems
If you want to join the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) earned recognition scheme, you바카라 사이트檒l need .
The DVSA earned recognition scheme collects data so you can prove your organisation meets driver and vehicle standards. This means that your vehicles are less likely to be stopped for inspections.
You can join the DVSA earned recognition scheme once you바카라 사이트檝e had an operator licence for at least 2 years.
Get help joining the DVSA earned recognition scheme
You can get help from DVSA to start the process of joining the DVSA earned recognition scheme if you바카라 사이트檙e a new vehicle operator. You바카라 사이트檒l need to do this within the first 6 months of getting your new vehicle operator licence.