Private number plate-permission

[tali1]

If someone owns a private number plate , like , say RR1 - could Rolls Royce use the number purely for photo purposes on private land on their cars OR would they need permission? and even give payment to the owner?

[dzug]

I don't know, but I suspect RR1 is on a car owned by Rolls Royce anyway.

[monkeyeyes]

Max Bygraves owns the number-plate MB 1 and Mercedes Benz have been trying to buy it from him for years........apparently he says he's keeping hold of it as he views it as his 'pension' !

[tali1]

Sigh ! Missing the point (as usual here)Not bothered who owns plate just LEGALITIES please

[uno.who]

tali1 - You'd be hard pressed to prove that this was against any privacy laws given what Google is doing at the moment.

As regards to ownership - Registration numbers are not items of property in their own right. They are assigned, and may be withdrawn by the Secretary of State as part of the basic registration and licensing process which is required by law.

It would be an offence to misrepresent a plate on a vehicle to which it was not assigned but only in a public place

[dilligaf]

RR1 used to be owned by car dealers H R Owen who refused to sell it to Rolls Royce who had to settle for RRM1 (Rolls Royce Motors 1 ).

I should imagine that "off road" any plate can be displayed on a car.