DVLA Reg Plates

DVLA Reg Plates - new regulations

Following consultation within the motoring industry new regulations were drawn up in 2004 concerning the manufacture of DVLA reg plates. All manufacturers had to apply to the DVLA for official registration. Before supplying plates, the keeper must prove entitlement as well as a recognised form of personal identification. This measure was introduced to be another tool in fighting vehicle crime. In other words the records of DVLA reg plates at Swansea should reflect the correct name and address of the keeper.

However, recent reports have stated that there is an upsurge in the cloning of DVLA reg plates. As with most other items, the internet is a difficult medium to police where the supply of acrylic plates is concerned. Criminals will always be on step ahead in any case and, apparently, if they can't get a set made, they will steal a pair of DVLA reg plates off a similar vehicle.

DVLA reg plates - thefts

Last year, the Dept. of Transport demonstrated a new type of number plate that disintegrated if you tried to remove them. However, due to their extra cost, even large retailers don't stock them. There were an estimated 40,000 such thefts in England and Wales last year which was a rise of 25% from 2005. The actual incidence is thought to be much higher as some motorists don't bother to report the theft. It would be very wise to do so, however, since you may well start to receive strange notifications of speeding and parking offences through the post. Remember, it is your name and address registered against those stolen DVLA reg plates.

As mentioned before elsewhere on the site, we are mainly concerned with organising the actual transfer of your registration mark and changing the record for your vehicle at DVLA, Swansea. Dealers tend to use a variety of terms, registration marks, numbers, plates etc which can be a bit confusing. This article is mainly concerned with the actual platic DVLA reg plates.

Anyway, before you go on to purchase your DVLA reg plates (acrylics), you need to find your ideal registration mark. A really great place to start is click on number plates - clever search and take advantage of all the clever searches we have designed. Perhaps your name is among the 99 most popular names but even if it's not, you can challenge our site to come up with something - remember, the search anything box will allow you to enter initials, names, words or numbers. Find your DVLA reg and then order your plastic plates. National Numbers is a registered supplier of DVLA reg plates.

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