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Getting a car home with no NCT

  • 11-11-2018 5:55pm
    #1
    homingbird
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭


    ok like the title says if you buy a car with no nct can you drive it home if you book it in for nct the same day you collect it ie drive it to the test center on way home.


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  • #2
    EPAndlee
    Registered Users Posts: 2,172 ✭✭✭EPAndlee


    The car doesn't have a valid nct so no you can't


  • #3
    homingbird
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭homingbird


    EPAndlee wrote: »
    The car doesn't have a valid nct so no you can't

    You are allowed bring a car to the nct without nct so if you go to test center & pass you can carry on home correct.


  • #4
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,040 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    homingbird wrote: »
    You are allowed bring a car to the nct without nct so if you go to test center & pass you can carry on home correct.

    No, the only exemption is driving home if you failed. The only legal way to car a car without an NCT to the test, or anywhere, is in a trailer or back of a truck.


  • #5
    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,095 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    homingbird wrote: »
    You are allowed bring a car to the nct without nct so if you go to test center & pass you can carry on home correct.

    Dell2005 beat me to it, but since I have the post written, I'll keep going. Back in the 2009 regulations, there was a provision to allow you to drive a car to the NCT test without a current NCT cert, but this was removed in 2012.

    Currently, these are the only situations where you can legally drive without an NCT:
    (9) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (7), section 18 and these Regulations do not apply to a vehicle—

    (a) which has reached the fortieth anniversary of its first registration,

    (b) first registered prior to 1 January 1980, or

    (c) which is used solely on an off-shore island,

    (d) on the day on which a test certificate in respect of the vehicle had been refused,

    (e) in the 24 hour period prior to a test appointment in the case of a vehicle heretofore used solely on an off-shore island attending for a first test provided evidence of the appointment is produced, or

    (f) which is owned or operated by the Garda Síochána or the Defence Forces.

    Source: S.I. No. 415/2017 - Road Traffic (National Car Test) Regulations 2017

    Obviously in practice you'd usually be ok if you had evidence of a booking with you, but there's no guarantees.


  • #6
    SSr0
    Registered Users Posts: 299 ✭✭SSr0


    phutyle wrote: »
    Dell2005 beat me to it, but since I have the post written, I'll keep going. Back in the 2009 regulations, there was a provision to allow you to drive a car to the NCT test without a current NCT cert, but this was removed in 2012.

    Currently, these are the only situations where you can legally drive without an NCT:



    Source: S.I. No. 415/2017 - Road Traffic (National Car Test) Regulations 2017

    Obviously in practice you'd usually be ok if you had evidence of a booking with you, but there's no guarantees.

    What does it mean that Gardaí who own or are driving the car, are exempt?


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  • #7
    milhous
    Registered Users Posts: 415 ✭✭milhous


    SSr0 wrote: »
    What does it mean that Gardaí who own or are driving the car, are exempt?

    Not by individuals, by an garda siochana


  • #8
    SSr0
    Registered Users Posts: 299 ✭✭SSr0


    milhous wrote: »
    Not by individuals, by an garda siochana

    Thanks. Yeah that makes sense, I read that wrong.


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