Is this legal?

[teecee]

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/pair... Seems odd to me.I have asked Gumtree but no reply.

[TheEnd]

You can sell second hand number plates if you like. They aren't really worth anything though.

[Aretnap]

Some people collect them.

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-3000/l...

It takes all sorts I suppose...

[Mandat]

What do you think is illegal about selling the plates?

[teecee]

Just curious considering that when buying plates for my car I have to produce ID

[Aretnap]

You need ID and proof that you can use the registration number in order to get the number plate made in the first place.

Once you've had it made, there doesn't seem to,be anything to stop you selling it, giving it away or whatever. Obviously the person you give it to can't legally put it on a different car, but he can hang it on his wall, melt it down for scrap metal, or do whatever else you can do with an old number plate with it.

[ging84]

are you expecting there to be a crime of selling aluminium plates with letters and numbers on them?

[Snowboy]

AFAIK there are no laws making it specifically illegal.

If it could be proved he was knowingly selling them to people to use as fake plates there might be some case.
But it would be hard to prove.

[Dwight VanDriver]

Not illegal to purchase but use could be banned under S44 VERA 1994 - frauduent use of a plate - 2 years chokey

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