New Transport Agency Name Announced

New Announcement from Mark Magee

The new agency will be called the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), which reflects its responsibilities for setting, testing and enforcing driver and vehicle standards in Great Britain.
There will be a gradual introduction of the new agency name ahead of the formal launch of the new agency in April 2014, with no change to the level or quality of services during the transition period.

You can read the full announcement here.

DSA and VOSA will be incorporated within the new agency and the new branding will reflect this until their services and trading funds are brought together over the next financial year.

We want to keep costs to a minimum, so the new branding will be phased in gradually. ADIs’ and PDIs’ badges do not need to be replaced. They must still be displayed in your windscreen as usual at all times while you are operating as a driving instructor.

Any other DSA documents will still be valid until further notice.

For the time being, the official title of ADIs is still ‘Driving Standards Agency Approved Driving Instructor’. The Department for Transport has launched a consultation on the changes that need to be made to legislation to reflect the new name. We’ll let you know when this will change.

You can still access all of DSA’s online services in the usual way from GOV.UK.

Mark

Mark Magee  |  Registrar & Director

Driving Standards Agency  |  Regulation, Standards and Development