UK resident to drive a foreign car on UK roads

[surveyor]

I believe that this is illegal, although I've yet to come up with the magic conundrum of words to help find an authoritative source to see if there are any exemptions

I know have a scenario which applies to me fairly often.

Fly to Dublin, hire a Irish registered car.
Drive to Northern Ireland.

I now wonder whether I am breaking the law?

[surveyor]

Mammasaid said:

surveyor said:

I believe that this is illegal, although I've yet to come up with the magic conundrum of words to help find an authoritative source to see if there are any exemptions

I know have a scenario which applies to me fairly often.

Fly to Dublin, hire a Irish registered car.
Drive to Northern Ireland.

I now wonder whether I am breaking the law?

No.

https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/...

That exemption seems to rely upon one not being resident in the UK. Which I am.

[surveyor]

Paul Dishman said:

surveyor said:

I believe that this is illegal, although I've yet to come up with the magic conundrum of words to help find an authoritative source to see if there are any exemptions

I know have a scenario which applies to me fairly often.

Fly to Dublin, hire a Irish registered car.
Drive to Northern Ireland.

I now wonder whether I am breaking the law?

I've done that lots of times with out a problem. I tell the hire company that I'm taking it out of the Free State and they've always ok'd it.

It's not a problem to the hire company.... But it appears on first glace that I am breaking the law?

[surveyor]

sim72 said:

I believe this is wrong. If the vehicle is on a lease (or is owned by a company from, and which you are working for) another country, it is OK. If that was not the case, UK drivers could not drive foreign-registered trucks in the UK, which would be a bit of a problem if you were shunting a truck from one site to another (a regular occurrence at logistics terminals). I think that this would also cover hire cars.

Is a hire car on a lease? It's an interesting/unusual term on a road law....