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MOT centres must display this poster about MOT test fees and the retest and appeals process.
Equipment approved for MOT testing, including tyre tread-depth gauges, roller brake testers, headlamp aim testers, diesel smoke meters and decelerometers.
How to create a Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) email alerts account and update your subscription preferences.
How to buy MOT slots so your business can record MOT test results, including managing your account and getting refunds.
Changes to the MOT testing guide from 8 January 2024.
Get an MOT centre authorisation certificate (VT9) for your MOT centre's noticeboard if you've lost or damaged the original.
Changes to annual training hours and updates to the MOT testing guide.
Fees and test lengths for heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and trailer MOTs, prohibition clearances, dangerous goods (ADR) tests, TIR tests and low emission tests.
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.
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.
How to provide MOT tester and manager qualification courses, and MOT tester annual training courses – including the topics the training must cover.
How to set up an MOT centre for HGVs, trailers, buses and coaches including eligibility, what you need and how to apply.
MOT centres can display this poster about the MOT diesel smoke test if they want to.
Examples of the types of questions you'll be asked when you take the MOT tester annual assessment.
How to prepare your HGV for the brake testing part of the annual test (MOT).
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).
Details of the IT equipment, internet connection and printer MOT garages need to use the MOT testing service.
How to prepare your heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or public service vehicle (PSV) for the headlamp aim testing part of the annual test (MOT).
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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