NCT Question

Jeapy

I bought my car in Feb 2006 and it was due it's first NCT in March. I was told that I'd be sent a provisional date for it. Waited and heard nothing. I was in college and had plenty of things to do so eventually I had to organise it myself a few months later (about October). Passed it no problem.
So 2 years on, NCT was due last month and didnt get any bit of info on it. Like wtf? Im not going to do it until I need a service and I'll do the lot together. Is it true that they're supposed to send you out a date?

The \/\/anderer

They have stopped sending out reminder letters for some daft reason. Now you have to remember when it's due and book it in yourself. I think they put a note on your tax renewal form to remind you.

I went through 2 Garda checkpoints with mine out of date, and they weren't bothered about it. However i read in the paper today that some judge from Cork was fined for not having an up to date NCT disc on display.

Jeapy

The \/\/anderer wrote: »

They have stopped sending out reminder letters for some daft reason. Now you have to remember when it's due and book it in yourself. I think they put a note on your tax renewal form to remind you.

I went through 2 Garda checkpoints with mine out of date, and they weren't bothered about it. However i read in the paper today that some judge from Cork was fined for not having an up to date NCT disc on display.

ya, my thread was kind of a follow on from that Cork case. Ive just taxed my car and there was nothing to do with NCT in it. I even went through a check point yesterday and they didnt care about the NCT at all seemingly- tax and ins are all in order. When my NCT was up last time (well, it had never been done before but was due) i drove through several checkpoints for tax and ins and no problem at all. Mad!

The \/\/anderer

I reckon the guards only bother prosecuting people who pi5s them off. So if you roll down the window and start giving out to them for delaying you or something, they'll be only too delighted to prosecute.

bazz26

Afaik it is the responsibility of the registered owner of the car to arrange the NCT appointment when it is due.

The NCT Centre used to send out a letter of notification to registered owner when the first NCT test was due on the car on the fourth anniversary of the date of original registration. Not sure if they still do this however.

Jeapy

bazz26 wrote: »

Afaik it is the responsibility of the registered owner of the car to arrange the NCT appointment when it is due.

The NCT Centre used to send out a letter of notification to registered owner when the first NCT test was due on the car on the fourth anniversary of the date of original registration. Not sure if they still do this however.

Cool, thanks for clearing that up for me!

bazz26

Jeapy wrote: »

Cool, thanks for clearing that up for me!

You should be able to get definate answers here:

www.nct.ie

Cosmo K

They stopped sending out letters, simply because they are weeks, in some areas months, behind schedule.