'Dating Service' Question

[Bush Tucker Man]

There is the possibility that I could be part-'xing my Discovery for a Defender.
(dependant now!! on the windows)


For aesthetic & 'egotistical' reasons I would probably like to keep my number plate.
What! Me, with an ego!! Don't think so (I'm serious, I haven't)


So the question is;
I know you can't put a (for example) 'S' plate on a 1988 vehicle, as you can't register it as newer than the build date.
You can put a 1988 plate on a 1998 vehicle though.

So
Does the ruling apply to the exact registration date, or simply the identification 'prefix?

Can I put my plate (vehicle first registered 26.8.98, so it's a 'S' prefix)
onto a vehicle registered perhaps on the  1.8.98???

I might find one that was registered & driven out on the first day, it'd be a pity to loose the plate, even though it's irrevocably linked to a 50th

Hope this makes sense :lol:

[EvilEd]

So long as you do not make the vehicle appear newer than it is, you keep the spacing correct etc. Then you can move the plate. a 97 S and a 98 S are both S reg, so you can put an S registration on a 97 or newer car. It doesn't matter when the plate was released or what car it was on previously.

[Thrasher]

Year is all they ask ;-)

registered in 9x is good enough.

[Bush Tucker Man]

So long as you keep the spacing correct etc..
a 97 S and a 98 S are both S reg

That's what I thought to myself, but had to ask

The spacing, & font, are 100% legal.

[TimM]

No spacing, & font, are both 100% legal.

If you are moving the same number plate from Discovery to Defender then the plate will be no more/less illegal than it was before.

If you are having a new one made - then there are rules, and 'all' plate suppliers are supposed to make plates within guidelines and put there name on them incase it is found to be illegal later.

But we all know people who will still make the plates the way we want them (legal or not).

Do you know what the official rules are?, or maye I should have said 'Do you care what......'

 

[Bush Tucker Man]

Tom, both are totally legallly presented.


The real point of the post was the strictly legal point of whether the plate simply has to be the same year identifier, or had to have first been issued after the intended vehicles date of registration.

So, we all agree, it's the same year identifier..

[TimM]

Sorry BTM,

I thought you were meaning ARE both legal, rather than both ARE (already) legal.

As others have said, if the Defenser should be an S reg (or newer) then you can transfer your plate no problems at all.