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Equipment approved for MOT testing, including tyre tread-depth gauges, roller brake testers, headlamp aim testers, diesel smoke meters and decelerometers.
Fees and test lengths for heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and trailer MOTs, prohibition clearances, dangerous goods (ADR) tests, TIR tests and low emission tests.
MOT centres must display this poster about MOT test fees and the retest and appeals process.
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.
Get an MOT centre authorisation certificate (VT9) for your MOT centre's noticeboard if you've lost or damaged the original.
Changes to the MOT inspection manual and testing guide from 29 November 2024, and a clarification about special notice 03-24.
Samples of MOT test failure notices that can be given to you when your vehicle fails the test.
A list of topics and examples of the types of questions you'll be asked when you take the MOT tester annual assessment.
Changes to which browser versions the MOT testing service supports, and information on using a roller brake tester for applied parking brake tests.
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.
How to set up an MOT centre for HGVs, trailers, buses and coaches including eligibility, what you need and how to apply.
How to understand your brake test report including what is checked during the test, what will fail, and how to identify problems that might need repairs.
How to tell the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) that you're closing one or more of the MOT centres in your business.
Check the list of topics that MOT testers need to have MOT training records for from May 2020 to March 2025.
MOT centres can display this poster about the MOT diesel smoke test if they want to.
How to prepare your HGV for the brake testing part of the annual test (MOT).
Changes to the MOT testing guide from 8 January 2024.
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.
Examples of how tyre defects and damage on heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), buses and trailers will be dealt with at roadside inspections and MOTs (annual tests).
Changes to annual training hours and updates to the MOT testing guide.
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