Testing, Plating & Prohibitions

This chapter covers the process of the four separate testing regimes: the HGV testing scheme, roadworthiness enforcement and prohibitions, MOT testing of light vehicles and the vehicle defect rectification scheme.

Updates for 2024:

• Digital replacement Plating and Testing documents.

• Vehicle Defect Rectification Scheme (VDRS) and Commercial Vehicle Defect Rectification Scheme (CVDRS) update.

• Reference to Electronic PG9 format.

Download the testing, plating and prohibitions chapter of the Yearbook of Road Transport Law

Contents:

• Types of test.

• HGV testing scheme.

• Plating.

• Exemptions from testing and plating.

• Roadworthiness enforcement and prohibitions.

• MOT testing of light vehicles.

• Vehicle defect rectification scheme.

Download the testing, plating and prohibitions chapter of the Yearbook of Road Transport Law

More Information

• Walk around checks and defect reporting
• Changes to testing and plating exemptions
• Inspection of Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicles
• Guidance on how to interpret a brake test report.
• Read the DVSA's Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness