Definitions and interpretations of the term Number Plates
The term "Number Plates" should really refer to the physical plates on the vehicles depicting the registration number assigned to that vehicle.
Current number plates are made from a clear acrylic sheet which is glued to a relective background onto which the characters and numbers contain in the car registration are printed
There is a lot of legislation governing the display, manufacture and purchase of number plates including British Standards to govern the appearance of the registration number on the plate, the reflectivity and impact resistance
The latest legislation introduced is intended to make it more difficult for criminals to buy false number plates for use in future crimes, proof of I.D. and proof of entitlement to the registration is now required when making a purchase.
Vehicles first registered before Jan 1st 1973 are allowed to display the old style metal number plates with silver or white digits on a black background.
Number Plates is the generic term often used to describe registration plates, licence plates, car registrations and registration numbers and often is used to describe personalised, private, cherished and personal number plates.
If you have any questions regarding any of the above , please contact us by email or telephone.
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Personalised Number Plates Information
Due to the unique nature of private number plates, for example "car registrations are not items of property in their own right. They are assigned, and may be withdrawn by the Secretary of State. They are assigned to the vehicle rather than its keeper" and many of the car registrations we have available to us involve a third party, therefore unless the registration you are interested in is one of our own stock cherished number plates it is subject to current availability. Similarly we rely on these third parties to inform us that it has been sold. If you see "your" cherished number plate on our website and it should not be there, we would welcome your feedback so that we can rectify the mistake. With regard to the Distance Selling Regulations, we must notify you that as the contract will begin as soon as payment is made, the cooling off period and right to cancel will no longer apply. This website contains cherished number plates from our own stock,car registrations where we are acting as an agent and unissued government stock.We reserve the right to withdraw from sale or change the price of any private number plate without notice. All personalised number plates on this website are subject to availability, D.O.T. transfer fee and some are also subject to V.A.T. at the rate currently set by the government. Additional costs are sometimes applicable for the transfer of personalised number plates to N.Ireland... E.&.O.E.
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