I've been looking into buying and owning a 9 seater or 16 seater ford transit minibus.

Is it correct that I can run on it on a standard full uk car licence,?

Its purely for social personal use, not for business.

 

if u have a d1 on your licence i think u can carry 9 people if they are not paying!

 

depends when you passed your test think you mite be ok on the 9 seater but not the 16 seater

 

if you passed your driving test before 1st jan 1997 you can drive a mini bus up to a max of 17 seats incl driver seat on your licence. but aslong as its for social use. if you passed your test after this date you need to do a pcv test.

 

hi I passed my test in 2003,
I've had a look on the dvla site, but it just confused me as they mentioned about pcv

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring...ons/DG_4022619

from reading that it seems i can own one. ta

 

oh no really !!

Thats not good news then.

 

if u dont have a d1 on the back of your licence then u cannot drive a vehicle with more then 8 seats if u do then u can drive one with between 9 and 16 but not for hire and reward as this will come into tacho/operators licence or permit territory

 

iv just checked my notes from when i did my pcv licence and you can drive a mini bus up to 9 seats incl driver on a normal licence and you have been driving for more than 2 years and are over 21 and also the mini bus is not over 30 years old.
for 10-17 seats need to have passed before 1997 or hold a D1 cat on licence, for 17+ seats need a full D cat.

 

shite I don't have a d1,

So that means I'd need to do a pcv test then

 

thanks for peoples help on here.

 

Check the dvla site then mate says in black and white under licence catagories d1= 9 to 16 seats listed under normal licence it says u can drive with up to 8 seats!

 

thats what iv just said, normal licence up to 8 seats +driver as long as you are over 21 and been driving 2 years. amd bus less than 30 years old.
D1-up to 17 (16+driver) Full D for rest

 

NO.

YOU can drive with up to 16 passenger seats, providing you are over 21, held a full licence for 2 years and the minibus isn't over the weight limit;

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring...ons/DG_4022619

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It dosent state that on the dvla site odd that but at the end of the day on the side of the road after the police have pulled u they will go on the catagories on the back of your licence and if you dont have a d1 then they will say you cannot drive with over 8 seats as it states in the dvla licenceing catagories