Part 2Regulation of registration plate suppliers
Supplementary provisions and offences
28Offences relating to counterfeit registration plates
(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.