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Buying plates during Covid-19

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Hi everyone, We hope you and your families are well and that you remain well.

Despite the current difficult public health situation, Regtransfers intends to remain open for business almost as usual. If you want to carry on with your life as normally as possible, we're here to help you buy and sell your registrations.

We rarely have face-to-face contact with our customers which makes it easier and safer to keep going. We are keeping abreast of developments and taking every precaution to safeguard our team. Office and telephone cleaning are now even more extensive and frequent and, where possible, team members are working from home.

If we need to make changes to the availability of service, or if there are other notable developments, we will be in touch. Until then, we all press on together towards easier times.

Yours sincerely,

Mark Trimbee
Operations Manager

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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 personal car registrations and number plates and is listed on the DVLA 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 with the DVLA or DVLA Personalised Registrations. Regtransfers is a recognised reseller of unissued Government stock.

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.

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