Nct Question

yourdeadwright

Hey folks
Just wondering has anyone else come across this .
My car was due to be NCt'd last May but for various reason's i still dont have it, it failed a couple of times, the i didn't have the cash and was away for a bit, i still drove it and it was still taxed and insured

Anyway its fixed now and ready to go,so i rang up the NCT centre today and the women told me if i get it checked this week i'll only have a NCT that covers me to May as that was the orginal date but here's the odd part if i wait till after the 24th of this month the NCT i get will be for a year ??

Why is this ?
Is she correct ?
Any heard of this before ,?

Any help or comments would be great

MrFrisp

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Hey folks
Just wondering has anyone else come across this .
My car was due to be NCt'd last May but for various reason's i still dont have it, it failed a couple of times, the i didn't have the cash and was away for a bit, i still drove it and it was still taxed and insured

Anyway its fixed now and ready to go,so i rang up the NCT centre today and the women told me if i get it checked this week i'll only have a NCT that covers me to May as that was the orginal date but here's the odd part if i wait till after the 24th of this month the NCT i get will be for a year ??

Why is this ?
Is she correct ?
Any heard of this before ,?

Any help or comments would be great

Both correct..

If you test it before the date in May,,it'll only cover you up to that date.

If you test if after that date,,it'll cover you to that date the following year..Or two years,depending on how old your car is.

I'm open to correction here though.
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Jordan5372

that is correct.

sogood

Yes, both correct. Test it now and it's being "back tested/back dated" back to when it was previously due. But if you wait until the date she said, then it's as though it was never tested/issued with a cert from last May and the test you would be doing would be deemed to be for May 2013 to May 2014 ( or two years if your car is less than 10 years old).

This is because you can have your car tested up to 3 months before it's due date. Your next due date is May, so you would fall into this category.

Hope this clarifies it.

yourdeadwright

So basically it's a loop hole of sorts !! Will it hold against me in anyway ? Obviously I don't wana get stoped by the Guards before the 24rh

MrFrisp

yourdeadwright wrote: »

So basically it's a loop hole of sorts !! Will it hold against me in anyway ? Obviously I don't wana get stoped by the Guards before the 24rh

Well,,if your stopped,,like I was,,it's a court date with 5 points.

Ohh,and a nice fine too I think.
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yourdeadwright

Really a court date I didn't think they enforce it that much , would I get away with it cause I have the NCT booked ???

01902

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Really a court date I didn't think they enforce it that much , would I get away with it cause I have the NCT booked ???

I would hope not.

yourdeadwright

Ud hope that they don't enforce it soup or I don't get away with it ??
In fairness it should have been months ago but it's all set to be done now , should I get it done and ten do it again in may or wait it out two weeks and try ride my luck andhave it for a year ???

mickdw

You will get a 15 month cert if you wait the couple of weeks so its a no brainer really.

yourdeadwright

No brainer as long as I'm not stopped in the mean time

yourdeadwright

well lets hope i pass this time ,

mickdw

yourdeadwright wrote: »

No brainer as long as I'm not stopped in the mean time

Well I figured as you were happy to drive for 9 months without it that you would be happy to do the next fortnight.

yourdeadwright

ye i suppose but strangely its worrying me now, probably because its so close to getting fixed i think ill get caught ,

01902

Will it pass?