REQUIREMENTS TO INSPECT PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
In order to inspect a private or commercial vehicle, the following are required:
* A valid form of Identification/National ID Card or Passport)
* A valid Driver’s Permit
* A valid Certificate of Insurance (the vehicle must be brought to be inspected)
* A Certified Copy/Extract
* Personal and commercial vehicles must be in a clean and roadworthy condition at all times
PRIVATE VEHICLES
* Private vehicles with a manufactured date (not date of registration) of five years or older are required to have their vehicles inspected at an authorised testing station (private inspection garages)
* After the first inspection, vehicles are required to be inspected every two years thereafter
* Vehicles with a manufactured weight of three tonnes and over are required to be brought on to the Licensing compound to be inspected (Caroni Licensing Office Only)
The fee to conduct a vehicle inspection is $300.00
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
* Owners of commercial vehicles should carry the documents requested and pay the necessary fees. A date will be assigned to return to the respective Licensing office.
* Commercial Vehicles (T, H, R and others) are required to be brought onto the Licensing Office compound for inspection
* Owners of commercial vehicles are required to have their vehicles inspected on an annual basis
The fee to conduct a vehicle inspection is $300.00
NON-INSPECTION OR EXPIRED INSPECTION STICKERS
* A person who fails to produce a vehicle for inspection or drives a vehicle without obtaining an inspection sticker and certificate commits an offence and is liable, on summary conviction, to a maximum fine of five thousand dollars (Regulation 21 (11)
* Reference is made to regulation 27 of the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act, Chapter 48:50
The Ministry of Works and Tranport has granted authorisation to a host of vehicle inspection stations
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