any vehicle under 4 years old
For private cars and motorbikes, it is after 4 years. For other kinds of vehicles it differs. For light goods vehicles it is from three years old. For trailers, large passenger carrying vehicles and heavy goods vehicles (over 3,500kgs gross weight) it is from one year old. Buses and taxis require an MOT from when they are first used.
£30.50 for a car!
no
All vehicles after 3 years from purchase
No - you must have the car registered at a Northern Ireland address.
No. See Gov. MOT magazine. Matters of Testing No39 april '08 page 8.
To get an MOT certificate, you have to produce your vehicle at an approved MOT testing station. You will obviously have to bring your car back from France to do that. I don't know if your UK issued MOT would be valid in France.
No, but you can book an MOT test for it and you are then legally entitled to drive it to the MOT testing station, provided that you are insured. Once it has been tested you can then legally drive it home from the MOT testing station, providing it has not been deemed to be "unsafe to drive."
An MOT (Ministry of Transport) test certificate in the UK is valid for 12 months from the date of the test. Vehicles must pass the MOT to be deemed roadworthy, and it is a legal requirement for most vehicles over three years old. If a vehicle fails its MOT, it cannot be driven on public roads until necessary repairs are made and it passes a retest.
An MOT is a British term that involves the testing of a motorized vehicle for road worthiness. Every used car purchased in the United Kingdom should have a MOT test.
If its a brand new car it should be four years, if it is after the initial 4 years then every year, check your mot certificate and it will tell you when it expires.
It has its first at four years old and then every year after that.