Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 2 extended (Scotland and Northern Ireland) (31.7.2008) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 46(1), 61(1); S.I. 2008/1864, art. 2 (with art. 3)
(1)A person who sells a plate or other device which is not a registration plate as a registration plate knowing that it is not a registration plate or being reckless as to whether it is a registration plate shall be guilty of an offence.
(2)A person who—
(a)supplies a plate, device or other object to a person who is carrying on a business which consists wholly or partly in activities which are unlawful by virtue of subsection (1); and
(b)knows or reasonably suspects that the plate, device or other object will be used for the purposes of that other person’s unlawful activities;
shall be guilty of an offence.
(3)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
Commencement Information
I1S. 28 wholly in force; s. 28 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 44; Pt. 2 (ss. 17-31) of the Act in force for certain purposes at 1.12.2002 and s. 28 otherwise in force at 1.1.2003 by S.I. 2002/2957, arts. {2}, {3}