Number plate requirements

TiTheRev

Not quite correct Dave, as most suppliers have disclaimers saying that they are supplied as show plates only, and are not road/MOT legal, so absolving themselves of blame. If you are a supplier of 'normal' plates there are quite a few hoops you have to go through just to supply them, and records have to be kept on computer and in paper form for 5years incase the DVLA or Police want to check your records!!

FakeIrish

sarahjayne1977 wrote: »

I don't think i had a sign on my car saying pull me lol

But you were driving at a speed that shouts "pull me", ie, 89mph in a 70 zone. And if I were being presumptuous, I imagine your speedo was actually reading circa 95mph.

Mustard_Dave

TiTheRev wrote: »

Not quite correct Dave, as most suppliers have disclaimers saying that they are supplied as show plates only, and are not road/MOT legal, so absolving themselves of blame. If you are a supplier of 'normal' plates there are quite a few hoops you have to go through just to supply them, and records have to be kept on computer and in paper form for 5years incase the DVLA or Police want to check your records!!

If the OP has bought plates advertised as legal though (I assume from the wording in the post):

thelawnet wrote: »

I bought some plates, they are supposed to be legal but only have the registration number on (centred), nothing else, no makers mark, etc.

Are they legal?

cyclonebri1

In practical terms;

Provided your plates are of standard font, correct nonhoneycomebed back ground, correctly spaced, with only 1 or less allowable logos, and are displayed in the correct colour comemensurate with the age of your vehicle, on the correct sized plate, and totally vertical on your car, then you have absolutely nothing to fear,





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liam8282

Inactive wrote: »

My neighbour was stopped by the police for having show plates without the Post Code etc., OK ...he wasn't nicked, however he was stopped for it.

They couldn't nick him, fine him, doing anything to him, because no offence was committed.

You only need the Post Code etc, to meet the British Standard, but the British Standard is not required for the MOT, nor is at an offence to have plates on your car that do not meet the British Standard.

It is a grey area, but nothing illegal.

It must have also taken a very bored police officer to actually want to pull someone over for that.

molerat

liam8282 wrote: »

It doesn't make them illegal either. No offence is being committed, they just don't meet the British Standard.

Yes it does. The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001 make it an offence to display a plate, subject to certain exceptions, that does not conform to BS AU145d

mikey72

thelawnet wrote: »

I bought some plates, they are supposed to be legal but only have the registration number on (centred), nothing else, no makers mark, etc.

Are they legal?

If they were bought as legal, they must meet BS AU 145d.
THis currently states they must have the postcode and standard displayed, as well as the specified layout. So you should be able to get them changed, unless you have bought showplates by accident.

Gene_Hunt_2

Mustard_Dave wrote: »

If the plates are otherwise legal in terms of font, character spacing, size, background colour etc., I don't see what there is to worry about:

1. It would never get spotted.
2. Even if it did it would be the supplier who would be guilty of any offence.

No, it would be the user who has no number plates.

Gene_Hunt_2

liam8282 wrote: »

They couldn't nick him, fine him, doing anything to him, because no offence was committed.

You only need the Post Code etc, to meet the British Standard, but the British Standard is not required for the MOT, nor is at an offence to have plates on your car that do not meet the British Standard.

It is a grey area, but nothing illegal.

It must have also taken a very bored police officer to actually want to pull someone over for that.

How about no, number plate? If it don't meet the regs then it ain't a plate so £60 ticket.

liam8282

molerat wrote: »

Yes it does. The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001 make it an offence to display a plate, subject to certain exceptions, that does not conform to BS AU145d

Genuine question:

What is the offence of not having the suppliers post code? It does not meet the British Standard, but what is the offence that has been committed and what is the punishment for that offence?

The plates will confirm to the BS, in everything that they don't have the suppliers details.

The BS is not the legal requirement.

BTW, I posted the list of offences earlier, as set out by the DVLA. Not having suppliers details is not an offence.