10 seater van

[jenny parker]

Can anyone help me, i passed my driving test in 2000, my licence is cat B. Am i allowed to drive a 10 seater van including driver? 5 seats are removable leaving 3 passengers and 1 driver seat. Hope you can help.

jenny

[sddsddean]

I think you should be OK up to 16 seats. Check through the rules at the start of this page.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLic ensing/WhatCanYouDriveAndYourObligations/DG_40 22619

[david1702198]

am i not right in saying that anything that carries over 8 pasengers requires a psv or pcv licence, when i used to drive limos we couldnt carry more than 8 as after that i would need the aforementioned licence to do so. somebody correct me if im wrong!!

[colin6789]

You will need to remove 1 more seat to be legal wth a cat B licence after 1997. You do not need a pcv unless you are driving commercally or for hire and reward, just a test in a D! vehicle (minibus). But, if you are driving as a volunteer for a charity or non commercial body for a social purpose not for hire or reward, you can dive up to 17 seats,. You can only charge passengers for use of the vehicle if you have a minibus permit. I do not know if the social use for a non commercial body covers just family and friends.
By the way if you take the seat number below 10 it becomes a car and may require car tax to be payed. this used to be true but as a lot of van now have side windows the law may have changed.

[Panic Button]

Does your licence show D1 on it?

If so, as previously said, you can drive a large minibus over 8 seats, as long as it is not for 'hire or reward' (ie you are not being paid in any way for doing so)

You can however take a D1 test, and then could drive a large minibus as your job.