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What you need to do to set up your MOT test station, including applying for MOT status and authorised examiner status, MOT special notices
View and stop MOT reminders by text message or email.
Vehicles which must have the annual test - buses, coaches, lorries and trailers, booking and fees.
You can appeal an MOT test result if you think it's wrong, for example, if the vehicle failed its MOT and you think it should have passed.
How to record MOT test results when the MOT testing service isn't working, and where to get the contingency codes and certificates you need.
Apply to set up or change an MOT test station, including becoming an authorised examiner (the person or business that runs it).
Vehicle emissions testing - including the MOT test, roadside checks and Air Quality Management Areas
Tens of thousands of Brits will be helped to take stock of their work, wellbeing and finances through a £5 million expansion of the DWP’s “Mid-life MOT” initiative.
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.
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
First MOT test to remain at 3 years from registration and annually thereafter while government works to establish a programme of longer-term reform for MOTs.
How to buy MOT slots so your business can record MOT test results, including managing your account and getting refunds.
Abbreviations and definitions
Changes to the MOT testing guide from 8 January 2024.
Statistical data sets about MOT testing including results by vehicle type, failures by type of defect, and MOT test stations and testers.
Definitions, vehicle classes, reasons to refuse to test a vehicle, narrow track vehicles, historic vehicles and inspection procedures for car and passenger vehicle MOT tests.
Book an MOT tester demonstration test when you’ve got your level 2 MOT testing certificate or if you're returning to testing after a break, lapse or suspension.
Samples of MOT test certificates that can be given to you when your vehicle passes the test.
Seeks views on whether we should change the timeframe for the first date a vehicle should be MOT tested and evidence and views on other changes to MOT testing.
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