Contract Hire Car MOT

Axel

Hi,


My new car on Contract Hire was first registered on 17th July 2015 and is being collected on 17th July 2018. Do I need to rush out tomorrow and get an MOT certificate for the car to allow the collection company to drive the car away.

waamo

Take a look when it needs an MOT here https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-status

neilmcl

waamo wrote: »

Take a look when it needs an MOT here https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-status

What's that going to tell the OP more than he knows already. If the car was 1st registered on the 17 July 2015 then the MOT will be due on the 17 July 2018.

OP, I would check the T&Cs of you contract hire, I strongly suspect you will be required to get it MOT'd, and although it's a rush now you have had a month to think about this and get it done.

Car_54

neilmcl wrote: »

What's that going to tell the OP more than he knows already. If the car was 1st registered on the 17 July 2015 then the MOT will be due on the 17 July 2018.

OP, I would check the T&Cs of you contract hire, I strongly suspect you will be required to get it MOT'd, and although it's a rush now you have had a month to think about this and get it done.

Three years, surely?

Axel

I fully intended returning the car within the three years, but the collectioin company could not collect until the 17th July.

marlot

Check your contract. I suspect you're expected to return it with an MOT.

Merlin139

Axel wrote: »

I fully intended returning the car within the three years, but the collectioin company could not collect until the 17th July.

Whichever company collects the car they will take it to one of their sites. That will be done on the 17th. If they wish to move it from the 18th on wards they will need to get it MOT'd or put it on a transporter.

Having worked for BCA and collected cars at the end of leases it is up to the driver collecting it to make sure that it is roadworthy. On the 17th it will still be roadworthy and can be legally driven.

The last lease car that I had 4 years ago. It took manheim nearly 5 weeks to collect it. Sat on my drive with no insurance and awaiting a service and an MOT. My lease ended after 3 years and was within the mileage schedule so it was no longer my problem to service it or MOT it.

Axel

Merlin139 wrote: »

Having worked for BCA and collected cars at the end of leases it is up to the driver collecting it to make sure that it is roadworthy. On the 17th it will still be roadworthy and can be legally driven.

That is very interesting as it is BCA who are collecting the car. However, how can it still be legally driven on the 17th if it was first registered on 17/7/15 and is due an MOT from midnight on the 16th?

neilmcl

Merlin139 wrote: »

Whichever company collects the car they will take it to one of their sites. That will be done on the 17th. If they wish to move it from the 18th on wards they will need to get it MOT'd or put it on a transporter.

Wrong I'm afraid. The MOT is due on the 17th, it can only be driven on that day if a MOT is booked and you driving it to the test centre.

Car_54

neilmcl wrote: »

Wrong I'm afraid. The MOT is due on the 17th, it can only be driven on that day if a MOT is booked and you driving it to the test centre.

Can you quote a regulation to support that?

AIUI it must pass a test "no later than" 17th, i.e no offence committed until 18th.

Anyway, the lease company must deal with this daily and know the law better than us ...

unforeseen

Plenty of sites give the following type of example.

The time of registration is the guideline from which you need to count three years forward to provide the date for the first MOT. In the case of a new car if the car was registered as new on 1 February 2013, then the first MOT will have to be done not later than 1 February 2016.

So to me that says that if registered on the 17th then the 3 years runs out on the 16th and an MOT must run from the 17th

In fact the gov site says the following

If your vehicle is new, you must get an MOT test by the third anniversary of its registration

In other words there must be a valid MOT in force on the 17th