NCT: Granted 4 months only.

Morris_fe1s

If x buys a 2002 car from y that x didnt nct after importing into the country from the UK:does y have to pay for the back dated nct period?

aujopimur

It's due to be tested on the anniversary of it's rereg in ROI.

brian_t

Morris_fe1s wrote: »

If x buys a 2002 car from y that x didnt nct after importing into the country from the UK:does y have to pay for the back dated nct period?

The second "x" that I have high-lighted in bold. Is that meant to be "x" or should it be "y".

If "X" didn't NCT the car why would "Y" be responsible.

Morris_fe1s

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• 4]It's due to be tested on the anniversary of it's rereg in ROI.[/QUOTE]

The nct center told me that i should have checked when i bought the car if it was nctd when it was imported into the country and therefore negotiated accordingly. They sated that the car needs to be back dated as its a loss to the tax payer/ exchequer??? or something along those lines....

The reasoning is that the law states the car must be nctd on entry to Ireland and that the new purchaser is liable for not checking. This is what i am told but is this really right? It sounds so ridiculous to me.

Losty Dublin

Morris_fe1s wrote: »

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The nct center told me that i should have checked when i bought the car if it was nctd when it was imported into the country and therefore negotiated accordingly. They sated that the car needs to be back dated as its a loss to the tax payer/ exchequer??? or something along those lines....

The reasoning is that the law states the car must be nctd on entry to Ireland and that the new purchaser is liable for not checking. This is what i am told but is this really right? It sounds so ridiculous to me.

You'd be better off asking the lads on the Motoring forum.

Ken.

Are you 100% sure your not talking about VRT. The NCT cannot be back dated. The only way it could get 4 months NCT is if it was suppose to be NCT'd 8 months ago. You'd get an NCT from now till the next due date in 4 months time.

Morris_fe1s

ken wrote: »

Are you 100% sure your not talking about VRT. The NCT cannot be back dated. The only way it could get 4 months NCT is if it was suppose to be NCT'd 8 months ago. You'd get an NCT from now till the next due date in 4 months time.

Yes thats what they are saying. It should have been nctd 2 years ago - i bought it in august this year with irish plates in cork and already imported but no nct - and i nctd it in August and checked today and its out December the 16th...

i bought the car in August - i nctd it in August - and the nct is due again in December.

To make it worse they told me if i had waited a month for the next cycle - i would have got a full years nct.
Yes im scratching my head too in utter disbelief!!!!!!!!

Superdedupity

That's the rules, cars are due nct on the date of registration, and can be nct'd up to three months early (giving a Cert for 15 months)

Superdedupity

And if late, a Cert for less than a yr / two yrs

Morris_fe1s

Superdedupity wrote: »

That's the rules, cars are due nct on the date of registration, and can be nct'd up to three months early (giving a Cert for 15 months)

I am not sure i was late - i bought an irish registered car in august and nctd it in august.

If you buy a car today from x and it wasnt taxed for 3 years - you pay tax from the start of the month - its not back dated more than 31 days. Therefore why diff for the nct - Silly rule....

Anyway ive been shafted - time to move on! I was hoping for an ingenious loophole which seems to be non - existent.

Carawaystick

So you bought a second hand car with no nct?

If getting stung for another test in 4 months is the worst that happens count yourself verry verrry lucky

Superdedupity

It wasn't a new car you bought in August though, and since the NCT was introduced, cars have always fell due for NCT on the date of first registration.

Nothing new:)