Deadlines
Being up to two months late generally has no consequences. After that a warning fine or penalty applies, and from eight months overdue an extended inspection with a corresponding surcharge becomes due.
What counts is the sticker on the rear number plate: the large figure in the middle gives the year, the figure at the top the month. The month in which it falls due still counts as on time.
Up to two months over, nothing normally happens. Between two and four months a warning fine applies, beyond that it rises and a penalty point may be added. From eight months the rules require an extended inspection, because nobody has looked at the vehicle for that long.
An expired inspection does not automatically mean the insurer will not pay. But if a claim arises and it can be shown that a technical defect the inspection would have uncovered contributed to it, the insurer may reduce its payment. The keeper carries that risk.
Book the appointment, even if the deadline passed some time ago. The problem grows with every month rather than shrinking, and nobody at the workshop will hold it against you.
In brief
Up to two months generally without consequence. After that a warning fine or penalty applies, and from eight months an extended inspection as well.
Not automatically. But if a technical defect the inspection would have uncovered contributed to a loss, the insurer may reduce its payment.
From the day the inspection is passed. Anyone who runs over therefore loses the elapsed time rather than having it credited.
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