Fórsa has been calling for reintroduction of pre-pandemic requirement on health and safety grounds
In the absence of a positive reaction to the call for the requirement to be reintroduced, however, it has now told the roughly 120 of 140 driving testers nationwide that it represents to no longer carry out tests in cars which do not have a valid NCT.In its letter issued to RSA management on Monday, Fórsa said the matter is a health and safty one as “the vehicle a customer presents for their test becomes the RSA staff member’s workplace”.
“Instructing our members to only conduct a driving test in a vehicle with a valid NCT is a reasonably practicable way of increasing their safety at work, and aligns with the General Principles of Prevention within the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005,” he said.