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From Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
  • 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.

  • Who can issue prohibition notices, how a prohibition notice can be lifted, how to test vehicles with prohibition notices.

  • The powers and sanctions available to enforce breaches of drivers' hours and tachograph rules.

  • Legal responsibilities and liabilities operators have for their own and their drivers' compliance with the regulations.

  • Equipment approved for MOT testing, including tyre tread-depth gauges, roller brake testers, headlamp aim testers, diesel smoke meters and decelerometers.

  • What should happen during direct access scheme (DAS) motorcycle training.

  • Understanding your motorcycle module 1 test result, including what was assessed, what sorts of things counted as faults, and how to improve in each area.

  • Check the balance of your pre-funded account, top it up, and view your invoices.

  • MOT testing by local authorities (designated councils), which taxis and private hire vehicles do not need an MOT certificate.

  • How the drivers' hours Great Britain domestic rules work for passenger carrying vehicles.

  • Guidance for driving examiners on general operational matters.

  • Exhaust noise rules and inspection for motorcycle MOT tests.

  • Authorised examiner's liability for loss or damage that occurs as a result of testing.

  • What you need to check inside and outside of the vehicle when you do a bus, coach or other public service vehicle (PSV) walkaround check.

  • Dangerous goods safety adviser (DGSA) exam topics, how to answer exam questions, and sample exam papers.

  • The rules about the size of L plates that must be displayed on a vehicle being driven by a learner driver.

  • Fees and test lengths for heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and trailer MOTs, prohibition clearances, dangerous goods (ADR) tests, TIR tests and low emission tests.

  • Find out if your heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or trailer needs a ministry plate and plating certificate, how to get them and what to do if you lose or damage them.

  • The rules about the tachograph that must be used by drivers to record assimilated or AETR drivers' hours in a passenger carrying vehicle.