Talking of Numberplates, I need some made

Django x2

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....but Halfrauds are expensive.

Can I get them made online legally? If so, where from. Some of the sites I've seen look a bit....chavvy
 
All the chavvy sites have an option for legal plates as well. Or you may find a local independent supplier by sticking "number plates" into yell.com. I know a good one in Newport that will do them for a tenner each, but that probably wont help you very much.
 
online plate suppliers are a bit of a dodgy quantity, as many will sell you "legal" plates, but without seeing any documentation.

If they are to put a BSAU mark and the supplying dealer name and postcode on the plate, they should be complying with numberplate law, which requires them to see a copy of your V5 and ID

If they arent seeing this, they will likely be legally spaced and wont attract attention from plod, but wont have the BSAU marking, or the supplying dealer on them.

and MOT testers shouldnt be passing plates through an MOT with no bsau mark if the plate was manufactured after a certain date in 2006

all very fuzzy i know, but worth bearing in mind.

FYI craigplates let you e-mail in copies of your V5 / ID and supply metal / plastic plates with full BSAU and postcode / dealer marking etc..
 
I always use craigsplates on the internet but that's because I sometimes need to replace my "stick on numberplate" on the mx5. They do all sorts of plates however.
 
In response to some of the problems people are throwing up...

Yes they probably should be legally marked but who is going to know the plate was made after 2006 unless the car was made after 2006?

MOT tester has not yet had a problem at MOT time with any of my stick on front numberplates. Of course this is a 1997 car and there is no plinth (or holes where the plinth used to be) for a proper numberplate as the bumper has been resprayed and holes filled.

My front plate is standard lettering on white background but is stick on and no "legal text" underneath as it was sold as a "show plate" anyway.
 
Actually the MOT test guidelines say that they need the BSAU marking etc. if the car was first used on or after March 2001

But yes if you get legal plates from the one in Newport (name is "Trade Plates" BTW) it will have the text on the bottom and they'll need documentation. If you ask for show plates you can get them without the text but technically fitting them to a car for road use is illegal as all plates *fitted* after 2006 need to comply with the new rules. However the MOT tester (and plod) have no way of knowing when the plates were fitted.
 
Lum said:
Actually the MOT test guidelines say that they need the BSAU marking etc. if the car was first used on or after March 2001

But yes if you get legal plates from the one in Newport (name is "Trade Plates" BTW) it will have the text on the bottom and they'll need documentation. If you ask for show plates you can get them without the text but technically fitting them to a car for road use is illegal as all plates *fitted* after 2006 need to comply with the new rules. However the MOT tester (and plod) have no way of knowing when the plates were fitted.
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Sorry to be fussy, but where is a source for this 2006 date.

As far as I knew the only dates that had any bearing were,

1) Any car built after September 2001 must have registration plates that comply with British Standards, so must have postcode of manufacturer, and BSI number on the plates, as well as complying with spacing and font etc.

2 )And then in April 2009 when the Saltaire and Welsh Dragon, St Georges Cross, and Union Jack became legal to put in place of either GB or the Eurostars.
 
Entai said:
Sorry to be fussy, but where is a source for this 2006 date.
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iirc this was the date the rules came into force

and they couldnt back date it to include all the cars with plates from dealers without full markings

so the regs only applied from them on.

grey area of course, is if you say you had your plate fitted before, how do they proove you wrong ?

its a terrible grey area.
 
MrLOL said:
iirc this was the date the rules came into force

and they couldnt back date it to include all the cars with plates from dealers without full markings

so the regs only applied from them on.
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Nope, the requirement for the BS number, postal code and suchlike was present right from September 1st, 2001. It just wasn't enforced.
 
found it

the 2006 reference came from the Road Safety Act 2006 which modified the vehicle crime act 2001 regs as follows

Part 2 of the Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 (c. 3) (regulation of registration plate suppliers) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 31(1) (interpretation of Part 2), in paragraph (a) of the definition of “registration plate”, for “a registration mark” substitute “in accordance with regulations under paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section 23 of the 1994 Act a registration mark which complies with regulations under paragraph (a) of that subsection”.
(3) Section 28 (offences) is amended as follows.
(4) After subsection (1) insert—
“(1A) A person who sells a plate or other device which is not a registration plate only because the registration mark displayed by it—
(a) does not comply with regulations under paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section 23 of the 1994 Act, or
(b) is displayed otherwise than in accordance with regulations under paragraph (b) of that subsection,
(or both) shall be guilty of an offence.
(1B) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that the offence under subsection (1A) is not committed in circumstances prescribed by the regulations.”
(5) In subsection (2), after “(1)” insert “or (1A)”.
(6) In subsection (3), for “subsection (1) or (2)” substitute “this section”.
(7) In the heading, for “counterfeit registration plates” substitute “plates etc.”


source

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2006/ukpga_20060049_en_5#pb12-l1g45
 
Surely that is only making it an offence to sell number plates that do not comply with the 2001 act??
It is not saying anything about the displaying of those plates on a vehicle.

Unless I am reading it wrong
 
My private plates on the Golf aren't legal (don't have the correct numbers etc), but the police didn't pick up on it when checking the car when I was pulled over for a spot check and it has passed 2 MOT's like it.
 
They're cracking down on it now as the police become more reliant on ANPR technology, but if your car is from pre-2001 it will pass.
 
Lum said:
They're cracking down on it now as the police become more reliant on ANPR technology, but if your car is from pre-2001 it will pass.
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Surely they don't see the tiny writing on the ANPR kit? Just the main digits/letters which are correctly spaced. :confused:
 
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