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>> I believe that changing the length of validity of an MOT certificate can be done
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I have seen information from someone who is on the periphery of that consultation (an ex-member of the Vehicle Testing Station Council).
It is to the effect that the extension will not be a one-off blanket approach, but will (after a short first period catching up with the start point) be applied on a rolling basis only 7-days in advance of the current expiry date. Hence, anyone with an expiry date in the first 7 days from the 30th March will fairly rapidly get a revised date, after that, the expiry date will only be adjusted by 6 months as we approach the 7 days before the expiry date.
This in anticipation that the lockdown might be removed before the 6 months, and the process will be suspended.
Hence, if any lockdown is removed shortly before your current expiry date, you might be left with a (minimum) seven day period to book and arrange an MOT.
I think the industry would prefer the rolling period to be greater than 7 days.
I can't vouch for this (but do know the individual it came from) and AFAIK consultation was not complete when this information was passed.
It runs slightly counter to the DVSA info as released, but does appear to have an element of sense to it (though greater than 7 days would be better).
Best to check the final legislation when published.
Last edited by: tyrednemotional on Sat 28 Mar 20 at 17:01
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