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MOT manuals, checklists and special notices

Guidance on how to run an MOT centre, how to carry out MOT tests, and special notices about changes to the MOT scheme.

From:
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Published
6 June 2023
Last updated
11 June 2025 — See all updates

Guide to the MOT scheme

MOT inspection manuals

Testing advice for specific vehicles

How to test certain makes and models of vehicles (previously called vehicle specific information).

MOT inspection checklists

Special notices: 2025

Special notices contain changes to the MOT scheme that are not yet in the MOT testing guide and inspection manual.

Special notices: 2024

Special notices: 2023

Updates to this page

Published 6 June 2023
Last updated 11 June 2025 show all updates

  1. Added 'Testing advice for specific vehicles: guidance for MOT testers' to the document collection.

  2. Added 'MOT special notice 01-25: changes to the disciplinary points system' to the document collection.

  3. Added 'MOT special notice 04-24: MOT inspection manual and testing guide updates' to the document collection.

  4. Added 'MOT special notice 03-24: MOT testing service access and applied parking brake tests' to the document collection.

  5. Added 'MOT special notice 02-24: recording annual training and battery drain issues' to the document collection.

  6. Added 'MOT special notice 01-24: updates to MOT testing guide' to the document collection.

  7. Added 'MOT special notice 04-23: updates to MOT testing guide and test certificates' to the document collection.

  8. Added 'MOT special notice 03-23: changes to DBS check requirements' to the document collection.

  9. First published.

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