AQW 1276/17-22

Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 30/01/2020
Answered On Date: 27/02/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether she will extend the existing MOT exemption for motor vehicles first registered prior to 1960 to cover all Vehicles of Historic Interest, similar to what is already in place in Great Britain

Answer:

I am aware that this exemption was introduced in Great Britain in 2018 which has led to a difference as to how Vehicles of Historic Interest (VHIs) are treated in GB and NI.

I am also aware that following interest from both elected representatives and members of the public that my Department ran a public consultation exercise in 2019 seeking views as to whether this exemption should be considered here.

This is an issue that I wish to examine carefully, and I will consider the consultation responses before I decide how best to proceed.