Advice needed.I have an o licence for 2 vehicles based in Norfolk.I have a customer who wants me to do a few days work in London.This would involve hiring a vehicle because mine are not LEZ compliant.Would this mean i would need to apply for a variation on the licence because i would be over the amount authorised.I tried ringing the VOSA helpline,the 0300 1239000 number but seem to go round and round with pre recorded messages.
would you be hiring the vehicle to run as a third vehicle or as a replacement for one of the existing non LEZ compliant ones?
if you plan on using it as a third vehicle, you would need to re-apply for the O Licence providing the required financial statements and parking permissions.
If you plan on using it as a replacement, all you need to do is change the vehicle details with VOSA, but you must not use the one you would be removing
Thanks Shuttlespanker,thats what i thought.It would only be for a few days so it would hardly be worth removing a vehicle to then have to add it back on a few days later.
better to do that rather than use it without authorisation and risk getting caught
if you do run it and get caught, there can be very serious repurcussions from VOSA and the TC, they could revoke your licence
If you are registered with VOSA for online self-service of your O licence you can add or remove vehicles instantly. If you aren’t registered it might be worth doing for future use;
Joining VOSA’s Operator Self Service
Registering for Operator Self Service is easy. All licence holders need to do is:
· have their operator licence number to hand
· go to transportoffice.gov.uk/
· click on ‘Operator Licensing Self Service’ (top of middle column)
· click the register button
The registration pages will guide licence holders through the process. The user name selected will be confirmed by e-mail, and a password will be sent by post.
Yes i am registered on there.So taking one off and putting it back on a few days later should not be a problem then ?
You should be able to chop and change as you like, that was the idea of self service - cut down on paperwork. Take a look, should be easy enough
Will do that Trumplesneaker,thanks for your help.