Not sure, it was included for me and with my aversion to going all that way, I have not done my own CORs for ages. Yes, a TM30 must be current, but again, when one uses an agent, things are usually less strict. An agent sorted my TM30 too, for 1000 baht (I was getting a new COR at the same timt), prior to that I had never actually done a TM30 and been here for many years, so felt I dodged a fine.