Code: VE94152.
Fixed Penalty Notice: £100.
Act: Section 43(1) and (2) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994.
Registration plates must be visible, clean and not obscured.
Examples of when a number plate may be obscured or indistinguishable:
- Not keeping the plate clean.
- Placing the number plate in the windscreen.
- Deliberately changing the appearance of a letter or number.
- Partially damaged plates.
- Obscured by a trailer or external bike rack.

Plates must be kept clean, especially in the winter months!

Plates cannot be displayed in the windscreen.
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