Personalised Registration - Authorisation Certificate

[RegMolehusband]

I recently purchased a personalised registration and in my enthusiasm ordered the plates from Fancy Plates in advance of the DVLA paperwork coming through, just the standard BS plates you understand, nothing fancy at all.

Anyway, the letter of acceptance comes from DVLA complete with a new tax disc and an Authorisation Certificate which I am supposed to take to a "registered number plate supplier" with which to purchase new plates.

My Fancy Plates plates are now on the car but my queation is, should I actually now go to Halfords or somewhere to get yet another set of plates because it's part of the DVLA process and the supplier will then inform DVLA of the purchase? I wouldnt want to be driving round with the new plates on if it's not actually legal to do so yet!

Cheers

"Reg"

[Roo]

The letter is purely to allow you to get plates made as you don't currently have a V5c for that reg in your name. All to do with preventing crime, and nothing more.

As soon as you got the letter and replacement disc you're good to go.

Don't waste money getting another set of plates, unless you're overly concerned about the fact that the plates you've bought aren't strictly legal.

[Max M4X WW]

If its fancyplates.com then they will have that, a postcode and the BS number on them anyway?

[northandy]

No, there is no link back to the dvla, as long as your plates are legal youve no issue.

[RegMolehusband]

That's all good news, thank you. I thought it best to check.