Driver Licence Validation Check: UK Fleet Checklist | Zerity
Driver Licence Validation Check: UK Fleet Checklist
Quick Answer: A driver licence validation check tests the document itself: hologram and photograph match the person, categories cover the vehicle, and neither the photocard nor the entitlement has expired. It is not the same as counting points.
Validation fails quietly. A category B licence does not cover every van. A photocard can expire while the entitlement continues, and some clients still refuse the expired card.
Checklist
- Photograph matches the driver in front of you, or the ID on the onboarding file.
- Name matches the right-to-work document and the payment account.
- Categories include the vehicle they will drive. Check C1 before you hand over a larger van.
- Photocard expiry and entitlement expiry are both in the future.
- The DVLA record agrees with the card. Use the driver’s share code rather than a photo of the card alone.
- File the date, the checker, and a copy of what you relied on.
Pair this with a drivers licence points check. The hub page for the whole routine is the driver licence check. The audit story is driver licence verification.
Zerity stores the checklist against the driver inside driver compliance software, and alerts the depot before the photocard date, not after the driver is already on a route.
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