I have a New South Wales, Australia, registered bike currently stored in the UK. Our registration renewal process requires you to get an annual safety inspection before they will take your money / issue the document.

I have spoken with the local staff who have checked their rule books and confirmed that when the vehicle is out of country they will accept a local inspection covering the same areas (lights, wheels, leaks etc) as an acceptable equivalent. Based on this they say they will accept a British MoT certificate backed up by a piece of paper from the garage listing the items checked (since as fara as I'm aware the MoT certificate doesn't explicitly state this). Just to add an extra complication they also noted they can only accept either (i) the original document hand delivered or (ii) a scanned copy sent direct from the test station (ie you can't scan and send it yourself - maybe they don't trust us!)

Questions:
(i) For any Australians reading this: Anybody done this successfully with the NSW RMS? Did the practice match the promises I have been given?
(ii) For Brits reading this: Will there be any issues with getting a British garage to issue an MoT certificate to a foreign registered bike? I've emailed a couple - but so far no replies.

Many thanks for your help.

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Martin

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