Editing MOT test (section)

== Historic (classic) vehicles exemption ==
A vehicle is exempt from the MOT if it was manufactured or first registered <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/850/regulation/7/made|title=The Motor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) Regulations 2017}}</ref> more than forty years ago and no "substantial changes" have been made to the vehicle in the last thirty years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/historic-classic-vehicles-mot-exemption-criteria/historic-classic-vehicles-mot-exemption-criteria|title=Historic (classic) vehicles: MOT exemption criteria}}</ref> This includes vehicles previously exempted on the basis of being first registered before 1960. A vehicle alteration is a "substantial change" if the technical characteristics of the main components have changed in the previous thirty years, unless these fall into the acceptable alterations category. Different rules apply to large vehicles.

An exempt vehicle must be roadworthy.