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How to buy MOT slots so your business can record MOT test results, including managing your account and getting refunds.
Get an MOT centre authorisation certificate (VT9) for your MOT centre's noticeboard if you've lost or damaged the original.
How to record MOT test results when the MOT testing service isn't working, and where to get the contingency codes and certificates you need.
Changes to which browser versions the MOT testing service supports, and information on using a roller brake tester for applied parking brake tests.
Samples of MOT test failure notices that can be given to you when your vehicle fails the test.
Vehicle tax and registration rules for people with a Ukrainian plated vehicle who have been issued a visa on the Family, Sponsor or Extension Ukraine visa schemes, or the Ukraine Permission Extension visa scheme.
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.
MOT centres can display this poster about the MOT diesel smoke test if they want to.
How to provide MOT tester and manager qualification courses, and MOT tester annual training courses – including the topics the training must cover.
How to tell the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) that you're closing one or more of the MOT centres in your business.
What MOT testers need to know about how hybrid, electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles work, and what to do when inspecting these vehicles.
Changes to the MOT testing guide from 8 January 2024.
Details of the IT equipment, internet connection and printer MOT garages need to use the MOT testing service.
What information MOT testers and managers should regularly check to make sure there are no problems with test quality.
Criteria for vehicles to be exempt from needing an MOT test each year if they were first registered more than 40 years ago.
The main things that will be checked when you take your motorcycle for an MOT test.
Qualifications or accreditations that are accepted if you want to qualify to become an MOT tester for cars, private buses and light commercial vehicles.
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