CRAIGR
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| posted on 2/1/24 at 07:05 PM |
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Importing from Northern Ireland
Anyone have any experience of costs ofimporting a car from Northern Ireland
Two scenarios
1. Car is still registered with its uk registration .
2. Car has been de registered in Ireland to be used as a race car .
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nick205
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| posted on 4/1/24 at 11:18 AM |
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No experience of this.
Is Northern Ireland not part of the United Kingdom?
If so, is it actually importing?
Wouldn't be surprised if the DVLA treat it as such.
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jps
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| posted on 4/1/24 at 01:38 PM |
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Might depend if you want to re-register it for the road in the UK?
From your OP it sounds like you want to import a race car from the EU (Republic of Ireland) to the UK. If the car is in Northern Ireland, you’ve
already done that!
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gremlin1234
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| posted on 4/1/24 at 07:41 PM |
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DVLA don't know what the UK consists of. my tin top was first registered in Jersey, which is part of the British Isles, but not Great Britain or
the UK. however the v5 states in special notes:
"was registered and/or used elsewhere in the UK. declared manufactured 2013"
and yes I have a note of its jersey reg.
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nick205
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| posted on 5/1/24 at 09:54 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by gremlin1234
DVLA don't know what the UK consists of. my tin top was first registered in Jersey, which is part of the British Isles, but not Great Britain or
the UK. however the v5 states in special notes:
"was registered and/or used elsewhere in the UK. declared manufactured 2013"
and yes I have a note of its jersey reg.
Doesn't surprise me.
The DVLA (and HMRC for that matter) seem to operate in a slightly different reality to the rest of us.
For things that should be straight forward, they manage to involve departments with no staff and forms that make little sense.
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Mike Wood
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| posted on 5/1/24 at 02:11 PM |
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Craig
The DVLA website explains what to do to register a vehicle at your permanent home address in England, Scotland or Wales that you have purchased that
is currently registered in Northern Ireland, see: https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk Looks like tell DVLA of the new address and
keeper.
Something that is no longer registered sounds like it would need an IVA and registration with the DVLA.
If you have questions about MoT in Northern Ireland see: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/driver-vehicle-agency-dva-northern-ireland
Thanks
Mike
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CRAIGR
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| posted on 6/1/24 at 01:09 PM |
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Car was iva’d and registered in Northern Ireland. Then for some reason the owner de registered it ( I know what the reg was)
So now dvla say they have no record of the car and it will now need to be iva’d to current regs .
Seems from trying to decipher their site there may be fees/ duty to pay if I bring it back albeit -:
A. It’s a non registered race car ( could be fun at the port proving that )
B. It’s a registered vehicle lacking the plates that dvla has no record of
Dvla or hmrc have been little help thus far .
In my eyes as N/ ireland is part of the uk there should be no fees and i should just be able to bring it back to England registered or not .
[Edited on 6/1/24 by CRAIGR]
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gremlin1234
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| posted on 6/1/24 at 03:57 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by CRAIGR
Car was iva’d and registered in Northern Ireland. Then for some reason the owner de registered it ( I know what the reg was)
So now dvla say they have no record of the car and it will now need to be iva’d to current regs .
dvla would not have any record since it was not registered in england, wales or scotland.
you need to be asking their NI counterpart. - yes they are completely separate!
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/driver-vehicle-agency-dva-northern-ireland
EDIT
but reading that website indicates their reg admin is done from swansea!
I am just as confused as you now
[Edited on 6-1-2024 by gremlin1234]
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CRAIGR
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| posted on 6/1/24 at 09:53 PM |
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If I enter the reg on the Gov.uk website mot checker the vehicle comes up with mot expired so you would assume dvla here May deal with ni reg’s also .
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40inches
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| posted on 7/1/24 at 10:40 AM |
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You can use Northern Island registration numbers in England
https://absolutereg.co.uk/northern-irish-number-plates
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gremlin1234
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| posted on 8/1/24 at 11:21 AM |
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just a thought,
since iva is not applicable to cars over 10 years old...
if you are registering it in england wales scotland,
if you can prove the car has legally been on the road, is unchanged from that time, not scrapped, and is over 10 years old, you should not need a new
iva.
but you would need to get an mot on it, to register it again.
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nick205
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| posted on 10/1/24 at 12:08 PM |
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This must be quite some car!
Is there nothing similar / the same available here in England so you can avoid all this hassle?
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CRAIGR
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| posted on 11/1/24 at 08:50 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nick205
This must be quite some car!
Is there nothing similar / the same available here in England so you can avoid all this hassle?
Sadly nothing the same for sale here at the mo Nick .
As you say dvla and hmrc seem to over complicate things and are staffed by many that don’t have a clue .
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