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Vehicle and Operator Services Agency

Index Vehicle and Operator Services Agency

Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) was an executive agency granted trading fund status in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Transport of the United Kingdom Government. [1]

23 relations: Battenburg markings, British government departments, Chief constable, Community safety accreditation scheme, Department for Transport, Driver and Vehicle Agency, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, Driving Standards Agency, England and Wales, Executive agency, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Ford Galaxy, Highways England, MOT test, Northern Ireland, Police Reform Act 2002, Scotland, Stephen Hammond, Trading fund, Traffic police, TransXChange, Truck scale, Trucking industry in the United States.

Battenburg markings

Battenburg markings or Battenberg markings are a pattern of high-visibility markings used primarily on the sides of emergency service vehicles in several European countries as well as in New Zealand, Hong Kong, and Trinidad and Tobago.

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British government departments

The Government of the United Kingdom exercises its executive authority through a number of government departments or departments of state.

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Chief constable

Chief Constable is the rank used by the chief police officer of every territorial police force in the United Kingdom except for the City of London Police and the Metropolitan Police, as well as the chief officers of the three 'special' national police forces, the British Transport Police, Ministry of Defence Police, and Civil Nuclear Constabulary.

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Community safety accreditation scheme

Community Safety Accreditation Schemes enable the Chief Constable of a police force in the United Kingdom (Except scotland) to grant a limited range of police powers to employees of non-police organisations bolstering community safety.

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Department for Transport

The Department for Transport (DfT) is the government department responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that have not been devolved.

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Driver and Vehicle Agency

The Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA or DVANI, Irish: An Ghníomhaireacht Tiománaithe agus Feithiclí) is a government agency of the Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure.

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Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is an executive agency of the UK Department for Transport (DfT).

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Driving Standards Agency

The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) was an executive agency of the UK Department for Transport (DfT).

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England and Wales

England and Wales is a legal jurisdiction covering England and Wales, two of the four countries of the United Kingdom.

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Executive agency

An executive agency is a part of a government department that is treated as managerially and budgetarily separate, to carry-out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government or Northern Ireland Executive.

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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is an agency in the United States Department of Transportation that regulates the trucking industry in the United States.

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Ford Galaxy

The Ford Galaxy (also spelled Ford Galaxie) is a large multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) produced by Ford Europe.

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Highways England

Highways England (formerly the Highways Agency) is the government-owned company charged with operating, maintaining and improving England's motorways and major A roads.

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MOT test

The MOT test (Ministry of Transport, or simply MOT) is an annual test of vehicle safety, roadworthiness aspects and exhaust emissions required in the United Kingdom for most vehicles over three years old used on any way defined as a road in the Road Traffic Act 1988; it does not apply only to highways (or in Scotland a relevant road) but includes other places available for public use, which are not highways.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.

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Police Reform Act 2002

The Police Reform Act 2002 (c.30) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Stephen Hammond

Stephen William Hammond (born 4 February 1962) is a British Conservative Party politician and former UK Government Minister.

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Trading fund

A trading fund is an executive agency, government department or often simply a part of a department, that enables the department to handle its own revenues and expenses separately from overall government finances and more like a business, as opposed to having to obtain funding from the government's legislature and feeding income back into its treasury.

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Traffic police

Traffic police or traffic officers, often referred to colloquially as traffic cops, are police officers who direct traffic or serve in a traffic or roads policing unit enforcing rules of the road.

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TransXChange

TransXChange is a UK national XML based data standard for the interchange of bus route and timetable information between bus operators, the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency, local authorities and passenger transport executives, and others involved in the provision of passenger information.

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Truck scale

A Truck scale (US), weighbridge (non-US) or railroad scale is a large set of scales, usually mounted permanently on a concrete foundation, that is used to weigh entire rail or road vehicles and their contents.

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Trucking industry in the United States

The trucking industry serves the American economy by transporting large quantities of raw materials, works in process, and finished goods over land—typically from manufacturing plants to retail distribution centers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_and_Operator_Services_Agency

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