Can't Get an NCT appointment until after my due date

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DublinHead54

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Hi,

The only available appointment at my NCT centre for booking is two weeks after the NCT due date. I booked it and have been added to a priority list for what I assume are cancellations. I can live without driving the car until the test date, but is there a penalty for turning up to the NCT past the due date and is there any leeway/grace period if I were to be pulled over by the gards on the way to the NCT?
 
Same thing happened me. NCT was due by end of November, the only date available was December 13th.
No problems with the guards, just show them your NCT notice.
No problems with the NCT center, in fact the car passed and the NCT is recorded as starting from December rather than November, so an extra month added.
 
It is my understanding, as I can't find the specific notice right now, that all NCT expiry dates have been automatically extended by 4 months because of the CORONA virus. Mine is now due for testing in July 2021.
 
Thanks all, first time for car and first time I'm going through an NCT. The due date is not extended unfortunately.
 
They are on holidays until the 2nd.

The lockdown might change things. Check their site for updates after the 2nd I reckon.

Always struggle to get dates. I've one booked mid Jan. Be interesting if that goes ahead.
 
I think the new more aggressive strain should require different thinking. They have been unable to enforce NCT or get them done since before the lifts broke. I've had constant problems with getting dates long before that.

Which kinda makes a mockery of it being essential. They seem unable to optimise the waitlist's or flow through the testing center.

Not that common sense has ever come into it.
 
NCT test centres will reopen on 2nd January. By the way, their call centre is open today until 4pm for bookings.

The only official booking website for all NCT bookings

National Car Testing Service
www.ncts.ie

"COVID-19 Level 5 Update: NCT centres reopen on 2nd January. The NCT service is deemed an essential service and customers travelling for scheduled appointments are exempt from the travel restrictions."
 
I heard that if you keep checking online early in the morning you'll sometimes find cancellations. It worked for me more than once.
 
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