Guidance and regulation

Vehicle tax and registration rules for people with a Ukrainian vehicle who have been issued a visa on the Family, Sponsor or Extension Ukraine visa schemes.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 18 July 2023

Get an MOT centre authorisation certificate (VT9) for your MOT centre's noticeboard if you've lost or damaged the original.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 16 October 2023

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.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 7 January 2016

Examples of the types of questions you'll be asked when you take the MOT tester annual assessment.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 8 February 2023

Changes to the MOT inspection manual and testing guide

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 26 August 2021

MOT centres can display this poster about the MOT diesel smoke test if they want to.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 3 February 2017

From 5 September 2022, you can fill in an online form to book an MOT demonstration test.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 25 August 2022

How to provide MOT tester and manager qualification courses, and MOT tester annual training courses – including the topics the training must cover.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 1 April 2024

The main things that will be checked when you take your motorcycle for an MOT test.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 21 May 2015

What information MOT testers and managers should regularly check to make sure there are no problems with test quality.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 10 October 2018

What MOT testers need to know about how hybrid, electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles work, and what to do when inspecting these vehicles.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 1 May 2021

Criteria for vehicles to be exempt from needing an MOT test each year if they were first registered more than 40 years ago.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 20 May 2018

How to tell the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) that you're closing one or more of the MOT centres in your business.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 1 February 2024

Details of the IT equipment, internet connection and printer MOT garages need to use the MOT testing service.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 23 June 2022

Qualifications or accreditations that are accepted if you want to qualify to become an MOT tester for cars, private buses and light commercial vehicles.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 30 January 2023

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.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 1 April 2024