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How to complete your training and take your assessment: how many training hours you need to do, booking your assessment, recording the result.
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
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.
Management systems, policies and checks you need in place at your MOT centre to make sure MOT testing is done to the right standard.
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.
Check a vehicle's details, tax and SORN status and expiry dates on the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Agency (DVLA) database - online and telephone enquiries
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.
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
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.
Get an MOT centre authorisation certificate (VT9) for your MOT centre's noticeboard if you've lost or damaged the original.
How to buy MOT slots so your business can record MOT test results, including managing your account and getting refunds.
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.
Check and report if a vehicle has up-to-date vehicle tax or is 'off road' (SORN)
Vehicles which must have the annual test - buses, coaches, lorries and trailers, booking and fees.
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.
Samples of MOT test failure notices that can be given to you when your vehicle fails the test.
Find a course so you can qualify as either an MOT tester or an MOT manager
Samples of MOT test certificates that can be given to you when your vehicle passes the test.
How to tell the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) that you're closing one or more of the MOT centres in your business.
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