McCormack Autos are an NSAI appointed and approved test centre , allowing us now to carry out Crew Cab Conversions, Trailer Registration, Seatbelt Certificates, and Type Approval at our auto centre here in Athboy, Co. Meath.
The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) is the appointed approval authority for Ireland. The NSAI appoints approved test centres to carry out relevant tests and inspections ensuring each vehicle inspected meets a minimum set of regulatory, technical, and safety standards.
Type Approval
Since October 29th 2014, all new vehicles (excluding agricultural) require type approval certification to be sold or registered in Ireland or any EU Member State. Here at McCormack Autos we carry out the inspection of your vehicle and on completion a test report is issued to the NSAI for approval.
Crew Cab Conversions
Included in our scope of type approval is test 48 masses and dimensions. People wishing to convert their passenger or commercial vehicle to full commercial or crew cab can now avail of the low commercial tax rate providing their vehicle meets the criteria set out in test 48. We can carry out the physical conversion for you and the necessary test and DOE making our facility a one stop shop for you. For more information on what qualifies and the steps you need to take to avail of this please call us.
Trailer Certification
As of the 29th of October 2012 all trailers of vehicle categories o1,o2,o3 and o4 are required to have type approval. There are three options available to manufacturers to have trailers type approved IVA (Individual Vehicle Approval), NSSTA (National Small Series Type Approval) and ECWVTA (European Whole Vehicle Type Approval). Being an ATC Duffy Commercials can carry out the necessary inspections and tests required for IVA and NSSTA. The best option for the customer depends on their nature of business, Intended market, Quantity of trailers etc. For more information on this please click the following link http://www.nsai.ie/Our-Services/Certification/Automotive-Certification/Type-Approval/Trailer-certification.aspx