Key facts about the National Car Test (NCT) and links to more information
HGVs must take a commercial vehicle test every year to renew their commercial vehicle certificate of roadworthiness. Vehicles that fail the test must repair their failure items before they can be re-tested.
LGVs are required to take a commercial vehicle test every year to renew their commercial vehicle certificate of roadworthiness. Vehicles that fail must have failure items repaired before they can be re-tested.
Any vehicle which carries or transports dangerous goods is required by law to meet certain detailed technical requirements.
Vehicle owners who are not satisfied with a test outcome may complain to the appropriate authority.
Authorised HGV and LGV vehicle test centres must retain test records for a minimum of three years and are subject to specific data retention requirements.
A summary of the regulations that apply to the testing of commercial vehicles and private cars in Ireland
Under legislation, the RSA can issue directions to Local Authorities and VTN Test Centres on how commercial vehicle testing should be conducted.
The RSA do this by issuing Circulars containing information on what the new testing requirements are.
There are a number of terms used when people talk about having their commercial vehicle tested. Find out what the difference is between CVT / DoE / VTN