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Can I still do 1st NCT 6 months early?

  • 18-09-2019 7:18am
    #1
    Shadow Dancer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 151 ✭✭


    Is it still possible to do a car's 1st NCT 6 months early and get a 2 year cert from the registration date? Or has that changed with voluntary testing?
    1st NCT due on February next. Website says it's falling under voluntary testing rules. I don't see anything about doing 1st test 6 months early, which used to be possible and indeed encouraged

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Miscreant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,318 ✭✭✭Miscreant


    Shadow Dancer wrote: »
    Is it still possible to do a car's 1st NCT 6 months early and get a 2 year cert from the registration date? Or has that changed with voluntary testing?
    1st NCT due on February next. Website says it's falling under voluntary testing rules. I don't see anything about doing 1st test 6 months early, which used to be possible and indeed encouraged

    Thanks

    FAQ 12 on the NCTS website answers your question: Vehicles presenting for their first NCT at 4 years will be subject to the same rules as any other aged vehicles. Note this is a change from the rule which allowed vehicles presenting for their first test at 4 years to be presented up to 6 months (180 days) early.

    It looks like the 6 month rule for 1st NCT is now gone. Nothing stopping you from doing it now but your cert will be valid from the date you pass as opposed to the 4th anniversary of your car.


  • #3
    Shadow Dancer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 151 ✭✭Shadow Dancer


    Thanks. I'll leave it til new year. No hurry anyway


  • #4
    i57dwun4yb1pt8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭i57dwun4yb1pt8


    mine was due end october this year , i did it first week of august , and its valid til end october 2021 . so i got 2 years and 3 months roughly .


  • #5
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,620 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    DaDumTish wrote: »
    mine was due end october this year , i did it first week of august , and its valid til end october 2021 . so i got 2 years and 3 months roughly .

    That doesn't prove anything. It's always been the case that if you do the test with less than 90 days remaining on your current disc, you get a cert and disc as if you passed the test on the expiry date. The intention was to encourage people who bought cars in January to do the test (early) in November and December to avoid a big logjam in January.


  • #6
    CoBo55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,613 ✭✭✭CoBo55


    DaDumTish wrote: »
    mine was due end october this year , i did it first week of august , and its valid til end october 2021 . so i got 2 years and 3 months roughly .

    Within 90 days still applies.


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  • #7
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,102 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    Shadow Dancer wrote: »
    Thanks. I'll leave it til new year. No hurry anyway

    Better try for before Christmas. The majority of cars are sold in January or February so it's harder to get an appointment. Do it 90 days early and you have plenty of time to fix any issues, that way you'll still be insured.


  • #8
    i57dwun4yb1pt8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭i57dwun4yb1pt8


    coylemj wrote: »
    That doesn't prove anything. It's always been the case that if you do the test with less than 90 days remaining on your current disc, you get a cert and disc as if you passed the test on the expiry date. The intention was to encourage people who bought cars in January to do the test (early) in November and December to avoid a big logjam in January.


    i'm not trying to 'prove anything' , i'm just stating my experience to help the poster if possible .

    other than that i couldnt give a fcuk
    i got my early nct and thats all that matters


  • #9
    CoBo55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,613 ✭✭✭CoBo55


    DaDumTish wrote: »
    i'm not trying to 'prove anything' , i'm just stating my experience to help the poster if possible .

    other than that i couldnt give a fcuk
    i got my early nct and thats all that matters

    Charming...


  • #10
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,620 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Del2005 wrote: »
    Better try for before Christmas. The majority of cars are sold in January or February so it's harder to get an appointment. Do it 90 days early and you have plenty of time to fix any issues, that way you'll still be insured.

    +1 OP, if you apply for a test more than 90 days out, it will warn you that it will count as an early test and that you'll get a cert based on the test date and not the expiry date. So you can't really mess things up by accident, you will be warned.

    If your car was registered in Feb. 2016 then there's a date in November next following which it will be safe to do the test and you'll get a cert dated to Feb. 2022 i.e. your cars' 6th birthday. I'd do the test before the new year.


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