Number plates

[barnpot]

Hi, someone told me that new number plates must no longer have the name of the maker on the bottom of the plate, is it true? If so what are the new laws?

Thanks

[Panic Button]

Plates fitted to models registered after 1 September 2001 that aren�t embossed with the name and postcode of the supplier and BS AU145d British Standard symbol will result in an automatic failure. The move is des�igned to make it easy for testers to spot non-road-legal �show plates�, as these don�t have a BS symbol.

a section from here:
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressn ews/210559/registration_plates.html

[chas2008]

i make number plates where i work, they all have to have a postcode on them but it gives the option when making with or without BS label..

[Toureman]

According to the number plate registration act ........

http://www.regtransfers.co.uk/main/car_numberp lates_regulations.asp

Panic button is correct, chas seems to be making illegal plates.

[Panic Button]

I remember reading somewhere that they had temporarily suspended applying these regulations due to some problem.

I don't know if they lifted the suspension.

Perhaps our resident MOT tester can shed some more light? David, I think.

[kempie]

Plates fitted on or after 1st September 2001 need not be exclusively BS AU 145d - they can also conform to any other relevant standard or specification recognised for use in an EEA State and which, when in use, offers a performance equivalent to that offered by a plate complying with the British Standard specification. In either case the plate must be marked as to allow identification of that standard or specification.

http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/legResults.aspx?a ctiveTextDocId=2579139

VOSA incorporated extended checks for compliance with the 2001 regs into the MOT test schedule from 1st October 2007 but a legal hitch meant that these were temporarily suspended as a reason for MOT failure in November. My guess for the suspension (in part) is that the MOT Inspection Manual also specified the BS AU 145d marking requirement without allowing for another equivalent mark.

You can view the MOT Special Notice about suspension of the checks here...

http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosacorp/repository/Spe cial%20Notice%2010-07.pdf

Regardless of the MOT testing status, non conformity to the 2001 regs is an offence.

[david1702198]

think they did enforce it for a while but suspended it due to some technicality, i think the legislation on selling them however states that the postcode of the place making/selling them etc must be printed on the plate along with the british standards bumph, what everyone else has confirmed really. however the sofware we used in the place i used to work gave you the option whether to print this on the plate or not, maybe more up to date software doesnt allow this nowadays, been a couple of years since i worked in the motor trade

[chas2008]

IM NOT MAKING illegal plates ,didnt actually say i was making them without the BS symbol...just said it gives the option on the PC system.If its illegal why give the option, the machine is supplied by one of the biggest suppliers in the uk

[kempie]

It is an offence to drive faster than 70mph on UK roads and yet most cars, including those supplied to the UK by the largest manufacturers in the world, have the capability to exceed that speed... why give the option?

[chas2008]

The same machine wont let you space illegaly....

[johnny37]

The MOT rules for plates are a bit daft anyway. We had one which we had to fail. The owner said 'Oh bu88er', went round the corner and fitted the legal ones and came back for a free retest. It happens all the time. Perhaps now traffic wardens have got police powers more of them will be caught.

[chas2008]

as from the 1st November, plates may ONLY carry the supplying dealers name & postcode along with the manufacturers BS mark...
New DVLA rules..........
NO websites/tel numbers/logos....