Registration Plate Checks at MOT
27/04/2009 Changes to the Requirements for Registration Plate Checks at MOT Test
Vehicles with incorrectly displayed registration plates already fail the MOT test. From Monday 27/04/2009 the requirements will be tightened to further align with the regulations. This action is being taken to aid eye witness accounts, traffic enforcement cameras, Automatic Number Plate Recognition systems and road user charging technology.
Registration plates must be present, secure, show the correct registration, colour and be the correct size, format and font. MOT testers are not required to carry out physical measurements but will complete a visual inspection.
VOSA has produced a leaflet ‘Registration Plates and the MOT Test’ which outlines the changes being made and can be viewed here: Registration Plates and the MOTAdobe PDF Document.
This page was last modified on April, 2010