Feck me, more complications!

If it's a "mainland"-reg car, would an NI MOT even be valid?

Dunno. Never occured to me that they would have a different system/validity. Part of the UK after all. I certainly wouldn't expect one from the republic to be valid.

Tim

Yeh, completely different registration system - they have DVLNI, rather than DVLA Swansea.

The MOT certainly differs in some respects, but I don't know if it's interchangeable. I'd guess that Swansea can't see the records for tax disc issuing, at the very least.

Well, no. Different country entirely, of course.

Nope. They won't MOT a mainland-registered car here. It's been tried.

Is there time to have the car re-registered in NI and then MoT'd and taxed there? Might be cheaper/quicker as IIRC it's only twenty quid or so; and t/f of cars between NI and GB doesn't count as importation with all the tax stuff; but I think it does require an application in person at a local office.

Nah. MOT is due next Monday. :-(

Next question!

Does anyone know whether, armed with a UK mainland MOT, if she'll be able to re-tax it at a post office in NI?

I'm rather suspecting not...

Tim

Since she'll have to come to the mainland to get the MOT, might as well just tax it over the counter whilst she's over here. Or online, but then the post'd have to be forwarded, of course.

Going back on Sunday you see so can't visit a post office before return.

Tim

She's not getting the MOT done on a Sunday, though...?

Depends on how long the MOT and any repairs take. We *may* get lucky and have the MOT copy in our hands before 12 but I'm not hopeful.

Tim