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You are quite right an MOT is valid until the expiry date. Remember the MoT is only a basic check of safety items and does not indicate that the car is roadworthy. however if in the opinion of the tester items which are not covered by the MoT are thought to need attention then an advisory note can be issued.
Regardless of MoT if you drive a vehicle on the road which does not meet all the relevant laws etc ( Construction & Use, Lighting regs etc) then you may be prosecuted. assuming that a vehicle fails an MoT it was probally defective driving to the test centre so you could still get done for an unsafe vehicle, same for returning from the test Centre, either home, to a place of repair or scrappage. Although you would not be committing the offence of no MoT if the old certificate was still valid.
In no situation are you allowed to drive an unroadworthy vehicle anywhere.
If in your council tester case as above if the vehicle was not defective before the test was carried out, but the MoT test was failed and you repaired the defect before leaving the premises. you could then drive it where ever you liked before the expiry of the original certificate. sorry rather a hypothetical case, but possible.
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