Prohibitions must now be cleared at an ATF

By Categories: NewsPublished On: Thursday 20 May 2021

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DVSA has ended the Covid concession which allowed prohibitions on vehicles to be removed without physical checks by the agency.

As of 1 June 2021, prohibitions on testable vehicles or trailers that are not cleared at the roadside are being referred for a DVSA prohibition removal inspection at an ATF, the agency has announced.

The concessions, which were put in place when vehicle testing was halted because of Covid, are being ended now that the service has recovered to a point where the majority of prohibition clearances can be completed via physical inspection, DVSA says.

If the vehicle is being used with a certificate of temporary exemption or the annual test certificate is over six months old, the vehicle will be referred for a full removal inspection. A new annual test certificate will be issued with the removal notice once a pass result is achieved.

Vehicles with an annual test certificate less than six months old will be referred for a partial inspection, where a removal notice will be issued.

Prohibitions issued for an annual test dangerous fail or police issued prohibitions will be removed through the usual process of a DVSA inspection at the ATF.

The DVSA remote enforcement office will still process remote prohibition removals for notices which were issued before 1 June 2021.