# Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001, Section 17: Requirement of registration for registration plate suppliers


(1) Any person who carries on business as a registration plate supplier ... without being registered by the Secretary of State shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(2) For the purposes of this Part a person carries on business as a registration plate supplier if he—
(a) carries on a business which consists wholly or partly in selling registration plates; and
(b) is not an exempt person.
(3) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for—
(a) activities of a prescribed description to be treated for the purposes of this Part as not being activities which consist in selling registration plates;
(b) persons of a prescribed description to be exempt persons for the purposes of this Part.
(4) In this Part “registered” means registered in accordance with the provisions of this Part in a register established and maintained by the Secretary of State under section 18; and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/3/section/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/vehicles-crime-act-2001/section-17
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