Get Vtl301 2023-2025

Application for a first trade licence and/or additional licences VTL301 Please read the guidance notes before filling in all sections of this form* Please use black ink and CAPITAL LETTERS* To renew a licence use Reminder for a trade licence and renewal application form VTL305 . Application details Put in the box that applies I am applying for a first Trade licence Please give your current holder number if applicable Please state how many licences you are applying for Type of Business see notes 1 and 3 on the guidance notes Motor trader Vehicle tester Official use Date received at DVLA Applicants details Business name Business address Postcode Company registration number and VAT number if applicable Business phone number Your name Your home address Have you ever held trade plates at your current place of business Yes Has the current business ever traded under any other names No If yes please provide all previous details i.e names addresses Previous trading names and addresses Do you already hold a valid trade licence for the business s listed above If you have answered yes to any of the above please list the holders numbers the trade plate numbers you hold/have held the date each was issued and the serial numbers. Holder Number Trade Plate number Date issued Trade licence serial number Please continue on a separate sheet if required* 4/14 Is the trade licence s for use on Vehicles excluding motorcycles Motorcycles only All vehicles including motorcycles Please state the date that you want the licence s to start see guidance note 5 From / / Payment Do not send your application more than ten days before you want the licence s to start. I enclose the fee of see guidance note 5 Rates of duty or go to www.gov*uk/trade-licence-plates . Cheques and postal orders should be made payable to DVLA Swansea . Cheque or postal order number Do not send cash or blank postal orders. Declaration This declaration must be signed by the motor trader partner or director. Making a false declaration is a criminal offence for which you could be fined and sent to prison* I declare that the information given on this application form is correct. I also confirm that I have read the attached guidance notes and all trade licences will be used in accordance with the specific limitations of use as detailed in the Signature Date Name in CAPITAL LETTERS If you are signing for a partnership limited company or other company give your position in the business for example motor trader partner or director Please keep the guidance notes so you can refer to them in the future. Send this form to DVLA Swansea SA99 1DZ. Find out about DVLA s online services Go to www.gov*uk/browse/driving These notes should be kept by the applicant and made available to everyone who uses the trade plates. The following notes are intended as a brief guide. For more detailed information please refer to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 VERA and the Road Vehicles Registration and Licensing Regulations 2002 RV R L Regs S1 2002 No* 2742 available from the Stationery Office Publications Centre website www.legislation*gov*uk 1. Issue of trade licences Please note There is no automatic right to the issue of a trade licence and only those that can fully comply with the specified criteria will be eligible to become a trade licence holder. To be eligible to apply for a trade licence they must either be A motor trader defined as a manufacturer or repairer of or dealer in mechanically propelled vehicles or a dealer in vehicles if they carry on a business consisting wholly or mainly of collecting or delivering any other activities except those of a manufacturer or repairer of or dealer in such vehicles. This includes hire and leasing companies and also finance/HP companies. a person other than a motor trader who regularly in the course of their business engages in the testing on roads of mechanically propelled vehicles belonging to other people. 2. How to fill in the Application for a trade licence VTL301 All sections must be filled in* The application form must be signed and dated* Please make sure you enclose the correct fee. Your application will be rejected if you do not supply the requested information or if you have not 3. Permitted uses of trade licences business purposes for which they were issued* These include to test or trial a vehicle its accessories or equipment during or immediately after its construction modification or repair for a return journey to public weighbridge or for registration or inspection by an authorised official to undertake a test trial for the benefit of a prospective purchaser or the press to demonstrate the operation of a vehicle its accessories or equipment when being handed over to a purchaser and delivering it to the place where they intend to keep it. for moving vehicles for valeting or accessory fitting between traders premises valeting means the thorough cleaning of a vehicle before its registration or in order to prepare it for sale and includes removing wax and grease from the exterior engine and interior . to a workshop where special equipment or between traders premises and a place where it starts or finishes a journey places of sale to go to and from places of test or inspection and for going to a place for breaking and dismantling. A motor trader may use the trade licence on temporarily in their possession in the course of their business. A motor trader who is a manufacturer may also use the licence on a vehicle kept only for research and development purposes or on vehicles that are submitted to them for testing by other manufacturers. vehicles submitted to them for testing including the vehicles trailer its accessories or equipment . 4. Offences It is an offence to knowingly make a false declaration on the application form or any supporting material used in the application process use more than one vehicle under a trade licence at any one time keep a vehicle on a road when not in use except in certain emergency situations use a vehicle without displaying a current trade plate licence and both plates as specified misuse alter deface or damage a trade plate or licence display anything on a vehicle that could be mistaken for a trade plate or licence display trade plates or licence other than those issued by DVLA trade plate holder use the vehicle for any purpose other than those specified in the regulations use a vehicle for the general conveyance of goods or burden* Exceptions to this include non returnable loads collection and delivery of parts accessories or equipment carried for the purpose of being fitted to the vehicle and the vehicle is one kept solely for research and 5. Rates of duty 7. Refunds in January. A trade licence can be issued for 6 months in July. New traders who apply for a trade licence at any time other than January and July would need to obtain a trade licence for a period of 7 8 9 10 or 11 months in order for the licence to end in December or June. For example a customer making an application in March would need a licence to cover a 10 month period to end in December. If rates of duty change in the Chancellor s annual Budget announcement a different rate may be payable. For further information go to Month of expiry and tricycles Rate of Duty January 6 month licence June 90.75 44.00 165.00 80.00 February March 151.25 73.35 April 136.10 66.00 May 121.00 58.65 105.85 51.35 July August September October November 6. Penalties There is a maximum fine of 5 000 and a possible prison term not exceeding two years for making a false or misleading declaration or providing false or misleading evidence in an application fraudulently altering or using trade plates or used by another person* rate of duty chargeable in respect of the vehicle or vehicles whichever is the greater for using a trade licence for a purpose not permitted by the regulations. refund of the duty. To get a refund for each full calendar month left on the trade licence you must send your application before the first day of the month You will need to fill in an Application for a refund of tax on surrender of a trade licence VTL308 form available from www.gov*uk/trade-licence-plates 8. Duplicate If you need a duplicate Trade licence and/or Trade plates you will need to fill in an Application for a Duplicate/Replacement Trade Licence and/or available from www.gov*uk/trade-licence-plates 9. Replacement If you are changing your name/address details or the trade licence is damaged you must notify DVLA by filling in the VTL310 application form available from your licence with your application* There is no fee required* Main points to note change occurs in the name proprietorship legal entity or address of the holder you MUST inform the DVLA immediately. There is no automatic exemption from MoT testing for vehicles used under a trade licence. A vehicle used under a trade licence is only exempt from the MoT testing requirement when being driven during the course of or on completion of repairs or when being driven to and from a pre-booked MoT test. A vehicle that has failed the test and has no current MoT in place must be towed to the place of breaking. Trade plates should not be used on a vehicle that is carrying passengers for hire and reward as the purposes for a trade licence being issued does not allow passengers to be carried on a commercial or personal basis. What happens next You should receive your licence and trade plates within 4 weeks. For security reasons your trade plate s and licence s will be sent to you in two separate packages. Please allow four weeks before contacting us. You can contact us by phoning 0300 300 1495 phone lines are open between 8.30am and 4.30pm on Monday to Friday.