C1Part 2 REGULATION OF REGISTRATION PLATE SUPPLIERS
Supplementary provisions and offences
28I1 Offences relating to F4 plates etc.
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.
F11A
A person who sells a plate or other device which is not a registration plate only because the registration mark displayed by it—
a
does not comply with regulations under paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section 23 of the 1994 Act, or
b
is displayed otherwise than in accordance with regulations under paragraph (b) of that subsection,
(or both) shall be guilty of an offence.
1B
The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that the offence under subsection (1A) is not committed in circumstances prescribed by the regulations.
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) F2or (1A); 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 F3this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
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)