N C T

01.10.10

Filed Under: News

ROAD TRAFFIC (NATIONAL CAR TEST) REGULATIONS 2009 (SI 567, 2009)

The Minister for Transport legislated that from the 4th of January 2010 privately taxed vehicles first registered prior to the 1st of January 1980 shall remain exempt from the NCT.  Vehicles first registered after the 1st of January 1980 shall not benefit from NCT exemption and shall continue to be included in the class of vehicles required to undergo the NCT — in other words the rolling thirty year exemption no longer applies (refer to paragraphs 3(2)(b)(i) and 5(a) of SI 567, 2009).  The NCT will be required annually from the 1st of June 2011 for vehicles over ten years old.  Vehicles first registered prior to the 1st of January 1980 and which are taxed and licensed for use as public service vehicles (wedding cars, taxis, buses, etc,) shall continue to be required to have a valid NCT or DoE Test (as applicable to the category of vehicle).  This piece of legislation has not altered the rule concerning road tax and so the VinVet category of taxation continues to be available on a thirty year rolling basis under present legislation.