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When you need an MOT for your vehicle, what it costs, what happens if your vehicle fails, and how to get mistakes on the MOT certificate fixed.
The MOT test checks that your vehicle meets road safety and environmental…
You must use an approved MOT test centre to get your MOT. Only centres…
There’s a maximum amount MOT test stations can charge. This depends on the…
During the MOT, important parts on your vehicle will be checked to make…
Your vehicle can either pass or fail the MOT. Passing the MOT If your…
In some cases your vehicle can have a partial retest for free or a reduced…
You can appeal the results of an MOT with the Driver and Vehicle Standards…
You do not need to get an MOT for a vehicle until it reaches the age shown…
You can get information corrected on your MOT (such as the mileage or…
Contact the police to report a vehicle with no MOT - you need the vehicle's number plate, make, model and colour.
Check how to get an annual test (MOT) for a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or public service vehicle (PSV) - how to book the test, prepare the vehicle and documents and the test result.
Use the MOT testing service to record MOT test results, update your examiner details, and check and buy MOT slots.
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
How to provide MOT tester and manager qualification courses, and MOT tester annual training courses – including the topics the training must cover.
Find out the MOT test status of a vehicle - check the date of the MOT test and the expiry date of an MOT test pass.
Vehicles which must have the annual test - buses, coaches, lorries and trailers, booking and fees.
Becoming an MOT tester - eligibility, qualifications, training courses, annual training and assessment
Management systems, policies and checks you need in place at your MOT centre to make sure MOT testing is done to the right standard.
Guidance on how to become an MOT tester and stay qualified, rules and processes for MOT tests, and recording MOT test results.
How to complete your training and take your assessment: how many training hours you need to do, booking your assessment, recording the result.
Guidance on how to run an MOT centre, how to carry out MOT tests, and special notices about changes to the MOT scheme.
Guides, forms and services to set up and manage an MOT centre, record MOT test results, and buy MOT test slots.
Vehicle emissions testing - including the MOT test, roadside checks and Air Quality Management Areas
What you need to do to set up your MOT test station, including applying for MOT status and authorised examiner status, MOT special notices
Vehicle tax exemptions and MOT exemptions for vehicles built or first registered before 1984.
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 a course so you can qualify as either an MOT tester or an MOT manager
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.
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