Part 2

REGULATION OF REGISTRATION PLATE SUPPLIERS

Supplementary provisions and offences

Offence of supplying plates etc. to unregistered persons
29
1
A person who—
a
supplies a plate, device or other object to an unregistered person (other than an exempt person) who is carrying on a business which consists wholly or partly in selling registration plates; and
b
knows or reasonably suspects that the plate, device or other object will be used for the purposes of that other person’s business (or part of his business) as a registration plate or as part of a registration plate;
shall be guilty of an offence.
2
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
S. 29 wholly in force; s. 29 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. 29 otherwise in force at 1.3.2003 by S.I. 2002/2957, arts. {2}, {4}
Pt. 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)