Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 3:

In page 11, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following:

“(b) in section 18(10), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (m):

“(m) the keeping, by the issuing authority or other persons specified in the regulations, of records in relation to tests, and the disclosure of such records relating to a vehicle to the owner of the vehicle, or to a person nominated by the owner;”,”.

This is a new amendment to section 18 of the 1961 Act, which confers powers to make regulations for vehicle testing and the keeping up of records. The change is to insert additional text to extend the existing powers to include the disclosure of records to vehicle owners or persons nominated by the vehicle owner. In other words, it is the ability to get national car test, NCT, data in order that one has the right to access to data if one wants to buy a vehicle. It brings the position regarding privately owned vehicles into line with work already commenced in respect of the commercial sector. For example, if one is buying a commercial vehicle, one is allowed, under the Commercial Vehicles Roadworthiness Act 2012, to get access to the NCT data. This allows the same powers for a prospective vehicle owner or his or her nominee.