Agricultural Vehicles
An Agricultural Motor Vehicle (AMV) is classified as a vehicle “which is constructed or adapted for the purpose of agriculture, horticulture or forestry and which is only used for one or more of those purposes.”
If your vehicle is plated to carry over 3,500kg, you may need to apply for an operators and vocational licence. For information on exemptions, refer to Do I need a lorry operator licence? and Driver Licensing If you are also carrying hazardous goods, you will be required to complete an ADR test.
These vehicles are exempt from EC Drivers’ Hours and tachograph rules when the vehicle is carrying goods within a 100km radius of where it is usually based.
If your vehicle is fitted with a tachograph but you only use it as a speedometer, you must make sure that all the seals are intact, and that the tachograph has been initially calibrated and is fitted with both the calibration and K factor plaques. Also if you do not use tachograph charts, you will need to fill out a Tachograph Exemption Form and present it at the time of the test. Check with your local test station, or our enquiry line for further information.
More information can be found in the publication Transport and The Farmer and the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) website.
Page last updated: 30/09/2008