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Latest
News - Additional powers to combat the supply of illegal number
plates
Latest
Proposal for expansion of Legislation for Scotland & Northern Ireland
(Proposed 2007)
Police Interest in Illegal
Number Plates
We have recently become aware of an increased interest in illegal
number plates by the Police. Drivers of vehicles displaying plates which
clearly do not meet the current legal requirements are being stopped by Police
Officers and are being issued with a Vehicle Defect Rectification Form
(VDR).This form is used for all vehicle defects, not just number plate
offences.
Police have
shown a particular interest with incorrect spacing, wrong size or type of
lettering such as italics, and incorrect colour marking of the reflective
background.
A driver who
receives a VDR is given a fixed period of time to rectify the issue raised,
this is at the officer's discretion and can range from 1 - 28 days. In the case
of a serious defect, the officer can in fact ban the vehicle from the road with
immediate effect.
On receiving
the notice the driver must get the number plates replaced with a legal set and
take the vehicle to an MOT station for them to check that the requirements of
the VDR have been met. If the MOT station is satisfied, they will stamp the VDR
and return it to the driver who in turn must send it back to the Police. The
MOT station can charge the full cost of an MOT, in the region of £30.00,
for this service.
On receiving
the completed form the Police will check that the requirements have been met
within the allowed time scale. If the Police do not receive a completed VDR, or
if it has not met the required time scale then a prosecution will
follow.
NUMBER PLATE
SUPPLIERS CONVICTED. DVLA Press Release No. 45. Dated 5th August 2004. To
read Click
Here
TAMPER
PROOF NUMBER PLATES & ELECTRONIC TAGGING OF NUMBER PLATES The DVLA View
To read Click Here
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