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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: 24 March 2025 — See all updates

Guide to the MOT scheme

• MOT testing guide for test stations
  • 1 April 2025

MOT inspection manuals

• MOT inspection manual: cars and passenger vehicles
  • 29 November 2024
• MOT inspection manual: motorcycles
  • 6 February 2023

MOT inspection checklists

• MOT inspection checklist: cars and passengers vehicles
  • 4 March 2021
  • Guidance
• MOT inspection checklist: motorcycles
  • 18 July 2013
  • Guidance

Special notices: 2025

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

• MOT special notice 01-25: changes to the disciplinary points system
  • 24 March 2025
  • Guidance

Special notices: 2024

• MOT special notice 04-24: MOT inspection manual and testing guide updates
  • 22 November 2024
  • Guidance
• MOT special notice 03-24: MOT testing service access and applied parking brake tests
  • 22 November 2024
  • Guidance
• MOT special notice 02-24: recording annual training and battery drain issues
  • 1 April 2024
  • Guidance
• MOT special notice 01-24: updates to MOT testing guide
  • 9 January 2024
  • Guidance

Special notices: 2023

• MOT special notice 02-23: changes to annual training hours and the MOT testing guide
  • 1 April 2023
  • Guidance

Published 6 June 2023

Last updated 24 March 2025 + show all updates

1. 24 March 2025

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

2. 22 November 2024

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

3. 14 October 2024

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

4. 1 April 2024

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

5. 9 January 2024

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

6. 7 December 2023

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

7. 26 October 2023

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

8. 6 June 2023

   First published.