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Changes to the MOT inspection manual and testing guide from 29 November 2024, and a clarification about special notice 03-24.
Train people to become driving instructors by joining the official register of driving instructor training (ORDIT) - including the assessments you have to pass.
How to buy MOT slots so your business can record MOT test results, including managing your account and getting refunds.
How to create a Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) email alerts account and update your subscription preferences.
The testing procedures and standards that examiners follow when they carry out Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval (MVSA) inspections.
The powers and sanctions available to enforce breaches of drivers' hours and tachograph rules.
Who the code of practice is for, what it sets out to do, and how it's worded.
Who can issue prohibition notices, how a prohibition notice can be lifted, how to test vehicles with prohibition notices.
Guidance for driving examiners on general operational matters.
MOT testing by local authorities (designated councils), which taxis and private hire vehicles do not need an MOT certificate.
Fees and test lengths for heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and trailer MOTs, prohibition clearances, dangerous goods (ADR) tests, TIR tests and low emission tests.
Changes to which browser versions the MOT testing service supports, and information on using a roller brake tester for applied parking brake tests.
How trailers are inspected when they're being approved under the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) scheme to make sure they're safe to be used.
How approved driving instructors should behave in their personal conduct and business dealings, including advertising their services and settling disputes.
The rules about the tachograph that must be used by drivers to record assimilated or AETR drivers' hours in a passenger carrying vehicle.
How the drivers' hours Great Britain domestic rules work for passenger carrying vehicles.
How vans and light goods vehicles are inspected when they're being approved under the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) scheme to make sure they're safe to be used.
Samples of MOT test failure notices that can be given to you when your vehicle fails the test.
The training you'll need to be an MOT manager, when you'll need to complete the training, why you may need to retrain, how to apply for MOT manager training, what is covered in the course and how it's assessed, w…
The working time rules that apply to you depend on whether you drive a vehicle in scope of the assimilated or GB domestic drivers’ hours rules.
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