Number plates and the mot test!

[vxah]

So why has vosa told all testing stations not to fail vehicles for number plates that dont meet the new requirements until further notice?
They changed the rules from October 1st to include colour,logo,bs number,postcode etc.....

[randlemarcus]

Possibly because its a stupid little piece of petty bureaucracy, and somebody at VOSA has perhaps realised that making people replace perfectly good bits of yellow plastic without the letters BS on them with new bits of yellow plastic with BS on them is a great way to annoy the motorist.

Expect that particular civil servant to be re-educated in the ways of the Ecologist soon, and to be moved sideways into a job where they cant do sensible things.

[corozin]

The rules only apply to numberplates issued after the new numberplate requirements were brought in, which was in 2001 or 2002 I think.

[vxah]

Dont think thats why,i think someone must have made a lash up of the rules!
Vosa just made all testing stations replace the pages in the testers manual with new wording. It states the post code and bs number is only from 2001....

Maybe its against our human rights?........

[NEM351S]

I think it just ties in with when manufacturers of plates started including the BS symbol and postcode.

Its a bit unfair if you bought a car in 1999 and still have its original plate yet it suddenly fails as it doesnt have a BS mark or postcode.

[Clammy]

vxah said:

Dont think thats why,i think someone must have made a lash up of the rules!

It appears VOSA were trying to enforce something through the MOT scheme which has no basis in law:

MOT tester.co.uk said:

This means, we believe, that either VOSA, the DfT, or both had failed to ensure that the new number plate regulations were actually legally binding. Which means, of course, that they were not! So any failures issued on these number plate items since the new regulations were notified as being effective, were in fact invalid and could be challenged in law by the motorists concerned.

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Edited by Clammy on Tuesday 27th November 22:17

Edited by Clammy on Tuesday 27th November 22:18