Black and silver plate changes

Now this is an interesting point as A vehicle can pass an MOT but you can be done under Construction and use and possibly other areas of the law.
Your speedo being a good example, but just to show how complex it can get some Mopeds never had speedos fitted from new, so are exempt.
The main point is you should always be cautious if you think you may appear to be breaking the law as you may well be right but its often not worth the stress of a court visit to prove that and some times our actions can bring the wrong sort of attention to us.
I too wonder if its made to make older vehicles stand out as having different plates as many other countries do?

Thats fine but all it takes is some one who wants to enforce the letter of the law and it could be a simple " Get them changed"or a day trip to court on some charge.
Being from an off reading / 4x4 background we always tried to blend in so as to not draw attention as once spotted some coppers will dig deep.
My mate had a minor RTA, but the police chose to go to town on him and though he had done all he could bar weighing the trailer He had even spoke to the trailer manufacturer to confirm weight etc he was done for being over weight ( trailer was the deluxe heavy duty version so was about 50KG more but virtually impossible to tell), they took him to the cleaners even though the accident wasn't his fault..
My main point is we all have enough stress in our lives with out any more so its best to not draw attention unless you are 100% certain the plate is correct and easy to prove with a correct legal link to VOSA MOT etc.

Whilst I can't imagine anyone in their right mind turning down free road tax, "Historic IS optional in the sense that YOU have to apply for it! If your car turns 40 years old and you just continue to tax it as usual, the government will quietly and happily accept your money. I know someone who did this (in ignorance of the change of rules) for 2 years. Did he get a refund? What do you think?)

I can categorically state that the black plate elegibility DOES now follow the rolling Historic date. However Black plates ARE entirely at the owners discretion. ATM no-one will MAKE you fit them! It's a personal taste thing and personally speaking, neither of my Historic cars are old enough to have carried a black plate when new so I see no reason why the should have them now. I am sticking with the Yellow/White plates.

Steve

That's Bullsh1t Carledo. Ask Poprodder. He knows everything.

I can't see an entry on Legislation.gov which details any amendment after 2009.

Do you have a link?

Yes, that's what I mentioned previously. The DVLA policy regarding Black and Silver plates being linked to Historic Vehicle status is at odds with the Display of Registration Marks Regs (which the DVLA are not responsible for), which in its current revision still says only pre-1973 vehicles may wear them.

So if DVLA say one thing and "Display of registration mark regs" (presumably part of C+U) say another, who has the last word?

Legally speaking, I suspect it's C+U, as that is encoded in law and takes parliamentary approval to change.

But if that is so, why is DVLA even poking it's nose into something it has no legal jurisdiction over?

Now I am seriously confused!

Steve

Thanks for the link, I now can't decide
Black or Yellow its going on one of these

www.legislation.gov.uk/all?title=display%20of%20registration%20marks

Original Regulations and Amendments.