Since 1 October 2007, unregulated companies and organisations (i.e. not a Local
Authority or a Government Organisation) who request vehicle registration information
electronically from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) must be members of
a DVLA Accredited Trade Association (ATA).
Source: DVLA Press release 23: Release date 01/10/2007

It is with great pleasure to announce that the Consumer Credit Trade Association (CCTA)
has been granted Accredited Trade Association status by the DVLA, which allows its
members to apply for ‘Approved Conditional Access’ (ACA). If granted, ‘ACA’ allows
access to Vehicle Keeper Data by CCTA members via a secure electronic link, providing
they have successfully served a 6-month probation period, making manual requests.
These links are operated under contract with the DVLA.

Members wishing to obtain vehicle keeper data via a third party service provider must
also have served a 6 month probationary period, making manual requests, and have the
necessary contractual agreements in place with that service provider.

Part of the process for ‘accrediting’ trade associations includes ensuring that there is in
place, a clear and enforced Code of Practice (CoP) relating to conduct and how DVLA
data may be used.

Accredited Trade Associations who fail to enforce their Code of Practice may lose their
accreditation and their members may forfeit their entitlement to request and receive DVLA
information electronically.

Where DVLA ‘approved conditional access’ is applied for and granted, members must
subscribe and submit to this CoP and adhere to its terms.

DVLA is now accepting, for consideration, applications from CCTA members for ‘approved
conditional access’.

The CoP is reproduced as an appendix to this bulletin and can also be accessed at:
http://www.ccta.co.uk/code_of_practice.aspx
Graham Haxton-Bernard
Head of Legal, Compliance and Regulatory Policy.
Tel: 01274 714954
Mob: 07793 258874
Email: mailto:graham.haxton-bernard@ccta.co.uk