| Class |
Vehicle type |
Age first MOT (yrs)
|
| 1 |
Motorbike (engine size up to 200 cm3) |
3 |
| 1 |
Motorbike with sidecar (engine size up to 200 cm3) |
3 |
| 2 |
Motorbike (engine size over 200 cm3) |
3 |
| 2 |
Motorbike with sidecar (engine size over 200 cm3) |
3 |
| 3 |
3-wheeled vehicles (up to 450kg unladen weight) |
3 |
| 4 |
3-wheeled vehicles (over 450kg unladen weight) |
3 |
| 4 |
Cars (up to 8 passenger seats) |
3 |
| 4 |
Motor caravans |
3 |
| 4 |
Quads (max unladen weight 400kg – for goods vehicles 550kg and max net power of 15kw) |
3 |
| 4 |
Dual purpose vehicles |
3 |
| 4 |
Private hire and public service vehicles (up to 8 seats) |
3 |
| 4 |
Ambulances and taxis |
1 |
| 4 |
Private passenger vehicles and ambulances (9 to 12 passenger seats) |
1 |
| 4 |
Goods vehicles (up to 3,000kg design gross weight) |
3 |
| 4 |
Class 4 vehicles (9 to 12 passenger seats) with a seat belt installation check |
n/a |
| 5 |
Private passenger vehicles and ambulances (13 to 16 passenger seats) |
1 |
| 5 |
Private passenger vehicles and ambulances (more than 16 passenger seats) |
1 |
| 5 |
Playbuses |
1 |
| 5a |
Class 5 vehicles (13 to 16 passenger seats) with a seatbelt installation check |
n/a |
| 5a |
Class 5 vehicles (more than 16 passenger seats) with a seatbelt installation check |
n/a |
| 7 |
Goods vehicles (over 3,000kg up to 3,500kg design gross weight) |
3 |
