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Company Van - Light Goods Vehicle

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  • sevenhills
    sevenhills Posts: 5,938 Forumite
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    Tarambor wrote: »
    WRONG. There are lots of exemptions to the DCPC. You only need to do the DCPC if driving is the main part of your duties. If for example you're a tradesman using such a vehicle to go from job to job, a market trader using the vehicle to take goods to a market you're at for the day, a scaffolder transporting scaffolding and lots of other stuff then you do not need a DCPC.


    The OP may well be exempt, I don't know, but they obviously need more training.
  • RPWJ
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    AdrianC wrote: »
    A van is a van is a van. It doesn't matter if it's being used to transport boxes for the owner's business, or if it's being used to transport the owner's private hobby materials.
    What about a van that has been converted to carry passengers?
  • AdrianC
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    RPWJ wrote: »
    What about a van that has been converted to carry passengers?
    Does it qualify as a dual-purpose vehicle?
    Has it been through an IVA, to reflect the modifications on the paperwork?
  • RPWJ
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    AdrianC wrote: »
    Does it qualify as a dual-purpose vehicle?
    Has it been through an IVA, to reflect the modifications on the paperwork?
    A van is not always a van then?
    Just wondered if these taxi conversions are subject to van or car limits.
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    Are they M1 or N1 type approved?
  • Rover_Driver
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    RPWJ wrote: »
    . A van is not always a van then?
    Just wondered if these taxi conversions are subject to van or car limits.
    It can depend on the manufacturer, there are some that are the same basic vehicle, but manufactured either as a goods vehicle or a passenger vehicle.
    The passenger vehicle version would not be subject to the goods vehicle speed limit, the goods vehicle version (unless it met the definition of a dual purpose vehicle or a car derived van) would be subject to the goods vehicle speed limit.
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