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The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is encouraging motorists to make sure they’ve important documentation available in case of an emergency.

Across the UK, it stays a legal requirement for all automobiles to show a quantity plate. Failure to have a quantity plate, or displaying it incorrectly, may lead to a effective of up to £1,000 and your vehicle may fail its MOT examination.

To stop this occurring, it’s possible you’ll require a alternative quantity plate to be manufactured, although it isn’t merely a matter of paying and receiving a new plate. Government steering emphasises that you could be need a alternative quantity plate created for varied causes, similar to harm, loss, or theft.

Posting on X, the DVLA said: “Number plate lost, stolen or damaged? Registered number plate suppliers will ask for identity documents and proof you can use the registration number.”

Requesting a alternative quantity plate

When visiting a registered provider for a new quantity plate, it’s essential to confirm your identify and deal with. You should additionally display that you’re authorised to show the registration quantity you are requesting.

All legitimate identification paperwork

According to official steering, you should use the next to substantiate your identification:

• bank or building society assertion from the final 6 months
• driving licence
• national identification card
• utility, Council Tax or charges invoice from the final 6 months
• police warrant card (identify solely)
• passport – doesn’t should be issued within the UK (identify solely)
• bank or building society debit or credit card (identify solely)
• armed forces identification card (identify solely)

Proof of registration quantity

• Green ‘new keeper’ slip from the V5C or V5CNI
• Retention doc (V778)
• A renewal reminder for vehicle tax or SORN (V11 or V11NI)
• A quantity plate authorisation certificates (V948) with an official stamp from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
• UK trailer registration certificates (VTRC)
• Temporary registration certificates (V379 or V379NI)
• Vehicle registration certificates (V5C or V5CNI)
• iI your fleet is within the new V5C on demand scheme (additionally known as ‘V5C suppression’), a PDF of the vehicle’s particulars from the view vehicle report service
• Certificate of entitlement (V750 or V750NI) to the quantity
• A letter of authorisation from a fleet operator (together with lease or rent company) quoting the doc reference quantity from the registration certificates
• An digital quantity plate authorisation certificates (eV948 or eV948/2)

Who to get your quantity plate from

You are solely allowed to get a quantity plate made up from an formally registered provider. If you are not sure the place your nearest provider is, you should use the federal government’s online service.

All you need to do is enter in your postcode and you’ll be supplied with a checklist of your nearest registered quantity plate suppliers.