Q #722 - Your car requires an MOT certificate. When is it legal to drive it without an MOT certificate?
When a car is three years old (four years old in Northern Ireland), it must pass an MOT test and have a valid MOT certificate before it can be used on the road. Exceptionally, you may ? drive to a pre-arranged test appointment or to a garage for repairs required for the test ? drive vehicles made before 1960 without an MOT test, but they must be in a roadworthy condition before being used on the road.
| Up to seven days after the old certificate has run out | |
| When driving to an MOT centre to arrange an appointment | |
| When driving the car with the owner's permission | |
| When driving to an appointment at an MOT centre |
