Quick MOT question!

DailyGeek · 29 Jan 2007 at 14:00

Do I need my MOT certificate to get a new MOT?

more to the point what do I do if i've lost my MOT certificate

bad_ass_neil · 29 Jan 2007 at 14:06

nope you need nothing as its all on the computer now!

thats unless your last one was a old paper based one???? (not even sure if it could be)

agw_01 · 29 Jan 2007 at 14:08

Nope

I didn't need mine when it went in for its MOT.

Confused · 29 Jan 2007 at 14:08

If you still have time remaining on your old MOT certificate - they can add this onto your new certificate.

So if your MOT runs out on the 15th February - your new one will expire on 15th February 2008. If you don't have your new certificate, it will expire on 29th January.

ci_newman · 29 Jan 2007 at 14:17

ConfusedTA said:
If you still have time remaining on your old MOT certificate - they can add this onto your new certificate.

So if your MOT runs out on the 15th February - your new one will expire on 15th February 2008. If you don't have your new certificate, it will expire on 29th January.

Isn't this only true for a certain number of days though? Otherwise surely you could get an MOT on the 28th and the 29th January 07, and it wouldn't expire until January '09...

What is the lee-way time then?

Confused · 29 Jan 2007 at 14:44

You can go up to a month in advance of your existing MOT certificate expiring.

This used to be so that you have up to a month to fix any failures from the test whilst still having a valid MOT certificate. Whether driving around on an existing ticket after a failure is now allowed with the computerised system, I do not know (as previously, you could have "lost" the failure notice, whereas now all failures and advisories are logged on the computer system)