New look for MOT certificates
MOT certificates will be given a visual makeover next week as the VOSA attempts to cut costs.
Instead the green and white form we’ve come to know, certificates will be printed on a single side of plain A4 paper in black ink from 17 October.
The new, more compact format will be purely cosmetic with certificates confirming a vehicle’s result on the official MOT database. It is hoped that used car buyers and sellers will benefit. By restricting MOT paperwork to one piece of paper, the risk of losing ‘advisories’ information will be wiped out.
Alastair Peoples, Chief Executive of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) said: “Making this change to the MOT certificate will help reduce costs for VOSA and for garages at the same time as providing information in a more useful format.
“Motorists will benefit by having all the details about their car included on one sheet of paper making it easier to keep track of your paperwork and allowing people buying used cars to see all the relevant information about the vehicle.”
Existing certificates with the old look will remain valid until their expiry date.
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