Exemption from mandatory roadworthiness test for tractors

High-speed tractors are required to be tested for roadworthiness

Only tractors that have a maximum speed capacity of more than 40 km/h and were registered for the first time on 1 July 2005 or later are required to be tested for roadworthiness. This requirement only applies to tractors with a maximum authorised mass of more than 3,500 kg. No deadlines will be set earlier than 2023.

Check if your tractor is required to take the mandatory roadworthiness test and when the deadline is.

You may be granted an exemption from the mandatory roadworthiness test

If your tractor is to be exempted from the mandatory roadworthiness test, this requires that you only use it in your own primary industry. This means that the tractor cannot be used for snow clearing, maintenance work or other work on public roads. Nor can it be rented out for other purposes.

How to obtain exemption from mandatory roadworthiness tests for tractors

You can be granted exemption from mandatory roadworthiness tests if you submit an Owner’s statement saying that you are only going to use the tractor in your own primary industry.

You can submit the Owner’s statement online via Your Page. It will then be registered immediately in our systems.

Submit Owner’s statement

1. Log in to Your Page
2. Select Vehicles – List of vehicles, and select the tractor in question from the list.
3. Select "Change category of use"
4. In the list of categories of use / type of driving, select "Tractor with restrictions on use".
5. Confirm the Owner’s statement and submit the change

Once you have submitted the Owner’s statement, you will receive a new Vehicle Registration Certificate, where the "type of driving" has been changed from "own transport" to "tractor with restrictions on use", and the tractor is then exempted from mandatory roadworthiness testing.

If you cannot use the online facility, you need to visit a Driver and Vehicle Licensing Office to complete and register your Owner’s statement.