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How to recognise an approved MOT garage?
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There are around 19,000 garages approved to carry out MOT
testing in the country. The blue ’three triangles’ logo, which
stations have to display, identifies approved test stations.
An approved MOT test garage should have:
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a
test bay and observation area housed in a weatherproof
building. The building, although weatherproof, need not
be draught free. It must be capable of being totally enclosed
and provide a satisfactory working area. The test facilities
must be reasonably free from oil contamination, exhaust
fumes, noise or other pollution from adjacent work areas
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equipment
laid out so that testing can be performed effectively.
The equipment should be laid out and located so that the
other activities of the garage will not affect the proper
conduct of the test
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an
unobstructed, safe and easy access via metalled road from
the site entrance to the building entrance, such that
vehicles can enter and leave the site in a forward direction
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adequate
off-road parking
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sufficient
inspection facilities, including underside access, for
any vehicle repair or servicing work
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a
clearly identified, warm and weatherproof public waiting
area from which the whole test can be directly observed
without interruption (except road testing) (room for two
people seated is sufficient)
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The
garage should also have on display:
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- VT9a
- fees and appeals poster
- VT26
- list of nominated testers
- VT9
- authorisation of examiner
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