Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 April 2021
397. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 31 March 2021, the status of a NCT test (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19750/21]
View answerThe applicable dates for periodic testing for vehicles and small public service vehicles (SPSV) are provided for by national legislation. Under Regulation 3(4) and Regulation 3(5) of the Road Traffic (National Car Test) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 415/2017), the initial test due date for a SPSV is determined using the date of the application for a SPSV licence in respect of that vehicle and subsequent test due dates fall on anniversaries of that date.
While it is not possible for me to comment on individual circumstances, I would remind the Deputy that SPSV under the scope of S.I. No. 415 of 2017 are required to have a valid NCT Certificate in force against that vehicle on each subsequent anniversary of the date of application for a SPSV licence and "from the tenth anniversary of first registration of the vehicle, the date falling 6 months after such anniversary and each subsequent date falling 6 months after the previous test due date".
