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MOT manuals, checklists and special notices

Guidance on how to run an MOT centre, how to carry out MOT tests, and special notices about changes to the MOT scheme.

Guide to the MOT scheme

MOT inspection manuals

MOT inspection checklists

Special notices: 2024

Special notices contain changes to the MOT scheme that are not yet in the MOT testing guide and inspection manual.

Special notices: 2023

Updates to this page

Published 6 June 2023
Last updated 22 November 2024 + show all updates
  1. Added 'MOT special notice 04-24: MOT inspection manual and testing guide updates' to the document collection.

  2. Added 'MOT special notice 03-24: MOT testing service access and applied parking brake tests' to the document collection.

  3. Added 'MOT special notice 02-24: recording annual training and battery drain issues' to the document collection.

  4. Added 'MOT special notice 01-24: updates to MOT testing guide' to the document collection.

  5. Added 'MOT special notice 04-23: updates to MOT testing guide and test certificates' to the document collection.

  6. Added 'MOT special notice 03-23: changes to DBS check requirements' to the document collection.

  7. First published.