Hello all,
I'm looking for some advice concerning a van import from the Irish Republic into the UK.
A few years back while living in Ireland, I drove my van back to the UK on what I thought was a temporary visit. I notified the Insurance company and kept them informed as I was unsure of when I would return and all was fine. When my insurance expired, I parked the van off road and when I decided to stay began enquiries into registering the van here. At this stage, the van was under ten years old and the process became extremely complex for reasons that I cannot now recall but involved Type Approval. The van is now over ten years old and I am thinking about registering it here again, but I have just read that I should have registered it with the HMRC within 14 days and may suffer a £5 per day charge for not doing so! From my point of view, I did not (initially) bring the vehicle into the UK as an import and did not realise that I needed to register it with HMRC. Also, when I made enquiries with the DVLA Swansea and my local office I was not informed of this requirement and nobody seemed to know the correct procedure.
A few general points:
The van is to be used for personal use.
I think that the van was first registered in the North of Ireland, then exported to the Republic.
I did contact the DVLNI before the van was 10 years old concerning UK registration and Type Approval, but they informed me that this did not exclude it from Type Approval.
The van is now over 10 years old.
I suppose my main question is what should I do about the HMRC?
My second question would be how can I find out about the UK registration (I'm sure it was first registered in NI as new and then exported into the Republic) and use that information in my application to avoid the £55 first registration fee? Or is it just easier to go down the "vehicle over 10 years old route"?
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
thanks.
I'm looking for some advice concerning a van import from the Irish Republic into the UK.
A few years back while living in Ireland, I drove my van back to the UK on what I thought was a temporary visit. I notified the Insurance company and kept them informed as I was unsure of when I would return and all was fine. When my insurance expired, I parked the van off road and when I decided to stay began enquiries into registering the van here. At this stage, the van was under ten years old and the process became extremely complex for reasons that I cannot now recall but involved Type Approval. The van is now over ten years old and I am thinking about registering it here again, but I have just read that I should have registered it with the HMRC within 14 days and may suffer a £5 per day charge for not doing so! From my point of view, I did not (initially) bring the vehicle into the UK as an import and did not realise that I needed to register it with HMRC. Also, when I made enquiries with the DVLA Swansea and my local office I was not informed of this requirement and nobody seemed to know the correct procedure.
A few general points:
The van is to be used for personal use.
I think that the van was first registered in the North of Ireland, then exported to the Republic.
I did contact the DVLNI before the van was 10 years old concerning UK registration and Type Approval, but they informed me that this did not exclude it from Type Approval.
The van is now over 10 years old.
I suppose my main question is what should I do about the HMRC?
My second question would be how can I find out about the UK registration (I'm sure it was first registered in NI as new and then exported into the Republic) and use that information in my application to avoid the £55 first registration fee? Or is it just easier to go down the "vehicle over 10 years old route"?
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
thanks.
