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How to provide MOT tester and manager qualification courses, and MOT tester annual training courses – including the topics the training must cover.
What information MOT testers and managers should regularly check to make sure there are no problems with test quality.
Find out if you can report an MOT tester or centre for fraud, how to report them (including without giving your name), and what will happen next.
Apply to set up or change an MOT test station, including becoming an authorised examiner (the person or business that runs it).
The facilities and security needed to carry out MOT testing, signs and notices, maintaining and calibrating testing equipment, documentation, IT and associated equipment, the MOT security code.
How the MOT scheme is administered and the rules for authorised examiners, testers and testing different types of vehicles.
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
This guide sets out who has to apply for a permit, how to apply and explains the other rules covering travel to Antarctica.
Apply for a trailer over 3,500kg first used before 29 October 2012 to have its first MOT (annual test).
Who can drive a van, the speed limits and weight limits that apply, and rules on loading, drivers' hours and maintenance.
Check the MOT history of a vehicle from 2005 onwards, including if it passed or failed, its mileage and why it failed, download MOT test certificate
Find a test centre and book an MOT (annual test) for a heavy goods vehicle (HGV), public service vehicle (PSV) or trailer in England, Scotland and Wales
View and stop MOT reminders by text message or email.
Information on cleaning an oil spill including your options, how to get a product approved and how long it will take.
Declare exemption from MOT.
Vehicle tax exemptions and MOT exemptions for vehicles built or first registered before 1984.
Tell the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) that you cannot book a heavy goods vehicle (HGV), bus or trailer MOT (annual test) before your MOT expires.
Entry into enclosed spaces onboard ships is sometimes a necessary but dangerous work activity. This guidance outlines regulations and provides information and advice on how to identify an enclosed space and how to reduce the risk to life.
How to tell the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) that you're closing one or more of the MOT centres in your business.
Get a replacement MOT certificate online if yours is lost or damaged - what you’ll need, other ways to apply, what it costs.
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