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Changes to the MOT inspection manual and testing guide from 6 February 2023.
Definitions, vehicle classes, reasons to refuse to test a vehicle, historic vehicles, and inspection procedures for motorcycle MOT tests.
Samples of the annual test (MOT) certificates that can be given to you when your lorry, bus or trailer passes or fails 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.
Apply for an HGV test if it was previously exempt from being tested, or if it's not registered with DVLA and was made more than 25 years ago.
A guide about the main things that will be checked when you take your car for an MOT test.
A checklist for MOT testers showing the items that need to be inspected during an MOT test for a car or passenger vehicle.
A new online Midlife MOT has been launched to help older workers with financial planning, health guidance, and to assess what their skills mean for their careers and futures.
Inspection processes and rules for motorcycle, scooter, moped and motorcycle combination (class 1 and 2 vehicle) MOT tests.
Get an MOT centre authorisation certificate (VT9) for your MOT centre's noticeboard if you've lost or damaged the original.
MOT testing service user roles, what they can do, what their responsibilities are, which roles are mandatory, authorised examiner's responsibility for security of the MOT testing service.
Changes to how to record training from April 2024, avoiding battery drain issues on some vehicles and what to do with low diesel smoke plate values.
Criteria for vehicles to be exempt from needing an MOT test each year if they were first registered more than 40 years ago.
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