Government Department, previously know as DVLC  This is where is all happens

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, in Swansea, was established in 1973 to computerise the 15,000,000 driver and 13,000,000 vehicle records that were hitherto held on paper at 183 separate Local Authorities. Today, the holds the details of nearly 40,000,000 driver and 30,000,000 vehicle licences.

Government Information :
From 1 January 2003 all number plate suppliers in England and Wales will be required by law to register their details with. From that date a business will be unable to trade as a supplier unless it is registered.

Introduction

A Number Plate Supplier is someone whose business consists wholly or partly of supplying number plates i.e. finished plates that incorporate the registration mark of a vehicle registered with. Manufacturers, distributors, assemblers, motor factors, motor dealers and retail outlets including on-line retailers could fall within the scope of the scheme provided that they supply the finished product. Motor dealers who refit their used vehicles for sale with replacement number plates would be classed as number plate suppliers.

If a business supplies only blank plates or other components or materials it will not be required to register. People who manufacture plates solely for their own use, rather than supply to third parties, are not within the scope of the legislation e.g. a fleet operator who assembles plates and fits them only to vehicles in his fleet. As he does not supply the plates, he is not a supplier for the purposes of the legislation.

The Register of Number Plate Suppliers comes into force on 1 January 2003, but to allow businesses that are not registered to do so and to adjust their procedures, certain offences will not come into force until 1 March 2003. These offences are:-

i) Trading while unregistered
ii) Supplying an unregistered business
iii) Failure to keep records
iv) Failure to make the appropriate checks

The Police or Local Authorities will not have right of access to a business until 1 March 2003.

NB. It should be noted that the offence of selling 'counterfeit plates' (plates that do not conform to the specifications in the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001 comes into force on 1 January 2003.
 

View Register of Number Plate Suppliers
 

Why Introduce the Register?

In September 1998, the Vehicle Crime Reduction Action Team [VCRAT] was established by the Home Office to develop and implement a strategy to meet the Government target to reduce vehicle crime by 30% by 2004. VCRAT recommended the introduction of a statutory registration scheme to control the supply of number plates. This scheme is designed to make it more difficult for thieves who put fake number plates on stolen vehicles to make them appear legitimate. It will be more difficult for criminals to get number plates because they will need to provide proof that they are entitled to them.
 
Who is exempt from the Register
  • Number Plate Suppliers who only supply plates for newly registered vehicles for the first time in the UK.
     
  • Number plate suppliers located entirely outside England and Wales.
     
  • Manufacturers of number plate components who do not sell complete plates.
     
  • Businesses that assemble or purchase plates for their own use or fit them to their own vehicles but do not supply them to anyone else. (Please note that a motor trader who fits new plates to used vehicles to sell on is not exempted because the plates are supplied along with the vehicle).

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Aberdeen

 

Government Local Office
Greyfriars House,
Gallowgate,
Aberdeen,
AB10 1WG

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

 Bangor

 

Government Local Office
Penrhos Road,
Penrhosgarnedd,
Bangor,
LL57 2JF

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Beverley

 

Government Local Office
Crosskill House,
Mill Lane,
Beverley,
HU17 9JB

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Birmingham

 

Government Local Office
2nd Floor,
Edward House,
Edward Street,
Birmingham,
B1 2RF

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Bournemouth

 

Government Local Office
Ground Floor
Bourne Gate,
25 Bourne Valley Road,
Poole,
BH12 1DX

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Brighton

 

Government Local Office
4th Floor
Mocatta House
Trafalgar Place
Brighton,
BN1 4UE

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Bristol

 

Government Local Office
Northleigh House,
Lime Kiln Close,
Stoke Gifford,
Bristol,
BS34 8SR

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Cardiff

 

Government Local Office
Archway House,
77 Ty Glas Avenue,
Llanishen,
Cardiff,
CF14 5DX

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Carlisle

 

Government Local Office
Ground Floor,
3 Merchants Drive,
Parkhouse,
Carlisle,
CA3 0JW

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Chelmsford

 

Government Local Office
2nd Floor,
Parkway House,
49 Baddow Road,
Chelmsford,
CM2 0XJ

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Chester

 

Government Local Office
Norroy House,
Nuns Road,
Chester,
CH1 2ND

Telephone - 0870 850 0007
 

CR Enforcement Centre

 

Alhambra House
45 Waterloo Street
Glasgow
G2 6HE
 

Telephone - [0870] 240 7779

Dundee

 

Government Local Office
Caledonian House,
Greenmarket,
Dundee,
DD1 4QP

Telephone -0870 850 0007

 Edinburgh

 

Government Local Office
Department of Transport
Saughton House,
Broomhouse Drive,
Edinburgh,
EH11 3XE

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Exeter

 

Government Local Office
Hanover House
Manaton Close
Matford Business Park,
Marsh Barton,
Exeter,
EX2 8EF

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Glasgow

 

Government Local Office
46 West Campbell Street,
Glasgow,
G2 6TT

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Inverness

 

Government Local Office
Longman House,
28 Longman Road,
Inverness,
IV1 1SF

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Ipswich

 

Government Local Office
Podium Level,
St Clare House,
Greyfriars,
Ipswich,
IP1 1UT

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Leeds

 

Government Local Office
1st Floor
42 Eastgate,
Leeds,
LS2 7DQ

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Lincoln

 

Government Local Office
Firth Court
Firth Road,
Lincoln,
LN5 7WD

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Luton

 

Government Local Office
2 Dunstable Road,
Luton,
LU1 1EB

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

 Maidstone

 

Government Local Office
Coronet House,
11 Queen Anne Road,
Maidstone,
ME14 1XB

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Manchester

 

Government Local Office
Trafford House,
Chester Road,
Manchester,
M32 0SL

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Newcastle Upon Tyne

 

Government Local Office
Eagle Star House,
Regent Farm Road,
Newcastle Upon Tyne,
NE3 3QF

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Northampton

 

Government Local Office
Ground Floor,
Riverside House,
Riverside Way,
Bedford Road,
Northampton
NN1 5PE
 

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

 Norwich

 

Government Local Office
11 Prince of Wales Road,
Norwich,
NR1 1UP

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Nottingham

 

Government Local Office
Nottingham Business Park,
Unit D,
Orchard Place,
Off Woodhouse Way,
Nottingham,
NG86PX
 

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Oxford

 

Government Local Office
Ground Floor,
3 Cambridge Terrace,
Oxford,
OX1 1RW

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Peterborough

 

Government Local Office
88 Lincoln Road,
Peterborough,
PE1 2ST

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Portsmouth

 

Government Local Office
5th Floor,
The Connect Centre,
Kingston Crescent,
North End,
Portsmouth
PO2 8AH

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Preston

 

Government Local Office
Fulwood Park,
Caxton Road,
Fulwood,
Preston,
PR2 9NZ

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

 Reading  

 

Government Local Office
77 - 81 Basingstoke Road,
Reading,
RG2 0ER

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Sheffield

 

Government Local Office
Cedar House,
Hallamshire Court,
63 Napier Street,
Sheffield,
S11 8HA

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Shrewsbury

 

Government Local Office
Whitehall, Monkmoor Road,
Shrewsbury,
SY2 5DR

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Sidcup

 

Government Local Office
12/18 Station Road,
Sidcup,
DA15 7EQ

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Stanmore

 

Government Local Office
Government Building,
Canon Park,
Honeypot Lane,
Stanmore,
Middlesex, HA7 1BD

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Stockton

 

Government Local Office
St Marks House
St Marks Court
Thornaby
Stockton on Tees
TS17 6QR

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Swansea

 

Government Local Office
Heol Pentre Felen,
Swansea,
SA6 7HG

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Truro

 

Government Local Office
Pydar House,
Pydar Street,
Truro,
TR1 2TG

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Wimbledon

 

Government Local Office
Ground Floor
Connect House,
133-137 Alexandra Road,
Wimbledon,
SW19 7JY

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

Worcester

 

Government Local Office
Clerkenleap Barn,
Broomhall,
Worcester,
WR5 3HR

Telephone - 0870 850 0007

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