Regulator Profile
VCA
Vehicle Certification Agency
Enforcement Regulator3
Areas of regulation
20
Laws enforced
UK-wide
Quick links
Type Approval
Vehicle Emissions
Vehicle Safety
What VCA does
Type approval authority for new vehicles, components, and systems. Certifies that vehicles meet safety and environmental standards. Issues UK type approvals replacing EU approvals post-Brexit.
Additional information
Executive agency of DfT. Key for vehicle manufacturers and importers.
Legal framework
Legislation that VCA enforces.
Primary legislation
- Road Traffic Act 1988 Act 1988
- Road Traffic Act 1991 Act 1991
- Road Traffic (Vehicle Testing) Act 1999 Act 1999
Secondary legislation
- Motor Vehicles (Type Approval for Goods Vehicles) (Great Britain) Regulations 1982 UK Statutory Instrument 1982
- Motor Vehicles (Type Approval) (Great Britain) Regulations 1984 UK Statutory Instrument 1984
- Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 UK Statutory Instrument 1986
- Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 UK Statutory Instrument 1989
- Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 1998 UK Statutory Instrument 1998
- Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2009 UK Statutory Instrument 2009
- Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2011 UK Statutory Instrument 2011
- Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval and Market Surveillance) Regulations 2018 UK Statutory Instrument 2018
- Road Vehicle Emission Performance Standards (Cars and Vans) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 UK Statutory Instrument 2019
- Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 UK Statutory Instrument 2019
- ... and 7 more statutory instruments
Sectors regulated
Manufacturing