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UK number plate news: June 2024

28 June 2024

Number plates for e-bikes? Cars seized for displaying fake plates. Taxi drivers under scrutiny for using anti-camera number plates and more.

Autonomous vehicles in 2024: where are the self-driving cars?

19 June 2024

Hands off the wheel in a self-driving car

We've been promised self-driving cars for years. Do 2024's developments, new laws and new investment, mean that we'll soon be able to buy them?

Number plate news around the world: June 2024

17 June 2024

Number plates displaying star signs, another Australian heritage plate commands a hefty price and plates crackdown in Kyrgyzstan. It's all in June's news update.

2024 Dunstable Classic Motor Rally

13 June 2024

Regtransfers sponsored The 2024 Dunstable Classic Motor Rally on 8th June. Read our report on the show and the winning vehicles.

UK number plate news: May 2024

31 May 2024

Will bikes have to display number plates? Number plate cloning cases up by 26% and the end of an era for Alfa Romeo's iconic number plates.

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The role of DVLA

Car registrations and number plates, including personalised number plates, in the UK, are the responsibility of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, usually known as the DVLA. It issues new registrations twice a year and also maintains the central database that records details of all vehicles licensed to drive on UK roads, along with their keeper and registration information.

Regtransfers works closely with DVLA to complete registration transfers as quickly and efficiently as possible. Regtransfers is a DVLA-registered supplier of personalised number plates and is listed on the DVLA Personalised Registrations website. All number plates supplied by Regtransfers comply with DVLA's prescribed standards and regulations.

DVLA administers all UK registration transfers and issues updated registration documents when the registration number of a car is changed, or when a registration is removed from a vehicle and placed on a retention document in accordance with the DVLA Retention Scheme.

DVLA is a registered trade mark of the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency. Regtransfers is not affiliated to the DVLA or DVLA Personalised Registrations. Regtransfers is a recognised reseller of DVLA registrations.

Number plate regulations

When a car is on the road, it is an offence to display number plates bearing any number other than the vehicle's officially recorded registration number. If you purchase a private registration, learn how to transfer private plates before displaying the new number.

All registration number plates displayed on UK vehicles must comply with the official number plate regulations. DVLA oversees enforcement of number plates display regulations and maintains a register of approved manufacturers and retailers of vehicle number plates.

Regtransfers is not part of, and is not formally affiliated with DVLA.