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NCT

  • 21-11-2012 9:00pm
    #1
    Brian.D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 135 ✭✭


    I've a 01 car that has been off the road for over a year & half, its last nct expired on May 2011 & just wanted to know If I was to put it through the test again would it be back dated to may 2011 or would it start again from the new test date?

    Cheers Brian


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  • #2
    djimi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    Itll be back dated to May 2012 I think, so the next test would be due next May. I could be wrong about that though...


  • #3
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    If you do it now, it will be backdated to May 2012 so it will still be out of date.


  • #4
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    There's no such thing as backdating when it comes to NCT.
    If you test it today, NCT cert and disc will be valid from today to May 2013.


  • #5
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    CiniO wrote: »
    There's no such thing as backdating when it comes to NCT.
    If you test it today, NCT cert and disc will be valid from today to May 2013.

    Ah actually that makes sense. I was thinking of the three month rule.

    So regardless of when it's out of date from, it's tested to the next due date?

    Whereas if you do it within the 90 days before the next expiry date it gets done for a year/two years depending on the age of the car?

    DUH!


  • #6
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    Stheno wrote: »
    Ah actually that makes sense. I was thinking of the three month rule.

    So regardless of when it's out of date from, it's tested to the next due date?

    Whereas if you do it within the 90 days before the next expiry date it gets done for a year/two years depending on the age of the car?

    DUH!

    Exactly.
    If OP wait to do his NCT to February 2013 (max 90 days before due date) he would get NCT cert valid till May 2014.


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  • #7
    Brian.D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 135 ✭✭Brian.D


    Cheers for the reply's lads, that's good to know so the new cert will start from the date it passes the test.


  • #8
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    Brian.D wrote: »
    Cheers for the reply's lads, that's good to know so the new cert will start from the date it passes the test.

    It will, but it will finish at due date, so in your case May 2013, so therefore you will get cert valid for around 7 months.


  • #9
    Ice87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 315 ✭✭Ice87


    Could somebody else bring my car to the NCT test if I can't make it or does it have to be the car owner?


  • #10
    aujopimur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,953 ✭✭✭aujopimur


    Anyone can present a car for test as long as they have ID.


  • #11
    goz83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,035 ✭✭✭goz83


    CiniO wrote: »
    Exactly.
    If OP wait to do his NCT to February 2013 (max 90 days before due date) he would get NCT cert valid till May 2014.

    Based on a car more than 10 years old; I was only arguing this exact point the other day. So if your NCT expired by 9 months and you pass the NCT within 3 months of the due anniversary, you end up with up to 15 months valid NCT. Correct?

    The person I argued this with insisted that if your nct was expired by 11 months and three weeks and then pass the NCT, you only get the cert for one week. Sounds bonkers to me. Is there a link to prove the first paragraph is correct?


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  • #12
    awec
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    This post has been deleted.


  • #13
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    goz83 wrote: »
    Based on a car more than 10 years old; I was only arguing this exact point the other day. So if your NCT expired by 9 months and you pass the NCT within 3 months of the due anniversary, you end up with up to 15 months valid NCT. Correct?

    The person I argued this with insisted that if your nct was expired by 11 months and three weeks and then pass the NCT, you only get the cert for one week. Sounds bonkers to me. Is there a link to prove the first paragraph is correct?

    See point 4


  • #14
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    goz83 wrote: »
    Based on a car more than 10 years old; I was only arguing this exact point the other day. So if your NCT expired by 9 months and you pass the NCT within 3 months of the due anniversary, you end up with up to 15 months valid NCT. Correct?
    Yes.
    The person I argued this with insisted that if your nct was expired by 11 months and three weeks and then pass the NCT, you only get the cert for one week. Sounds bonkers to me. Is there a link to prove the first paragraph is correct?
    Validity of test certificate

    11. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a test certificate ceases to be in force on that test due date which occurs after the certificate to which it relates was issued.

    (2) A test certificate which is issued—

    (a) not more than 180 days before the first test due date, or

    (b) not more than 90 days before a test due date other than the first test due date,

    continues in force until the subsequent test due date.
    http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2009/en/si/0567.html


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