Part 2

Regulation of registration plate suppliers

Supplementary provisions and offences

Offences relating to counterfeit registration plates
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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.