Set up an MOT test station
Meeting ongoing standards
You must clearly and publicly display the MOT test fees and appeals poster (VT9A) in your station.
You should conduct regular checks to make sure your MOT testing station meets the best practice standards at all times.
Prepare for site reviews
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will carry out regular risk-based site reviews of your station to make sure you continue to meet the standards.
This will involve checking your station is well maintained and that it offers clean and comfortable facilities, for example suitable customer waiting areas.
Learn about changes to MOT rules
DVSA uses ‘special notices’ to tell you about changes to the MOT scheme. Authorised examiners (AEs) receive these automatically within the online MOT testing service.
If your service is not good enough
DVSA can take disciplinary action or stop you operating as a testing station if your service is not good enough.
If you lose AE status for disciplinary reasons, anyone else applying for AE status at the same test station must prove they’re sufficiently independent from you.