SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2Technical and administrative requirements for grant of individual approval
PART 1General provisions
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1
A vehicle is a personally imported vehicle if either the conditions in sub-paragraph (2) or those in sub-paragraph (3) are satisfied (“A” being, in the following sub-paragraphs, the applicant for individual approval).
2
The conditions in this sub-paragraph are satisfied if—
a
the vehicle has been imported by A upon entry into the United Kingdom,
b
A had, prior to the time the vehicle was imported, been normally resident in a country other than the United Kingdom for a continuous period of at least 12 months,
c
A intends to become normally resident in the United Kingdom,
d
the vehicle has been in the possession of and used by A in the country where A was normally resident for a period of at least 6 months before its importation, and
e
the vehicle is intended for A's personal or household use in the United Kingdom.
3
The conditions in this sub-paragraph are satisfied if—
a
A is a serving member of the Armed Forces and intends to import it into the United Kingdom within 12 months of the date of the application for individual approval,
b
at the time of that application A has been normally resident in a country other than the United Kingdom for a continuous period of at least 12 months, and
c
paragraphs (c) to (e) of sub-paragraph (2) are satisfied.
4
Subject to sub-paragraphs (5) to (7), for the purposes of this paragraph A is to be treated as being normally resident in a country if—
a
A usually lives in that country for a period of, or periods together amounting to, at least 185 days in a period of 12 months, and
b
that period, or those periods, of residence occur because of A's occupational and personal ties to that country.
5
Where A has no occupational ties, sub-paragraph (4)(b) does not apply provided that A's personal ties show close links with that country.
6
Where A has occupational ties in one country and personal ties in a second country, A is to be treated, for the purposes of this paragraph, as being normally resident in that second country if either—
a
A's stay in the first country is in order to carry out a task of a definite duration, or
b
A returns regularly to the second country.
7
But if A is a United Kingdom citizen whose personal ties are in the United Kingdom and whose occupational ties are in a country other than the United Kingdom, A is to be treated as normally resident in that other country if A has lived there for a period of, or periods together amounting to, at least 185 days in the period of 12 months immediately preceding the date of entry into the United Kingdom.
8
In this paragraph, “serving member of the Armed Forces” means a person who is employed by Her Majesty's air forces, Her Majesty's military forces or Her Majesty's naval forces but who is not a serving member of any of the reserve forces.