We aim to transfer the private plates from the seller to your vehicle in less than three weeks. It is important to note registration numbers are assigned to vehicles. Only by being the keeper of a vehicle do you have entitlement to apply to transfer or retain its number. You should be aware that not all vehicles are eligible to participate in the transfer and retention of registration numbers and not all numbers are transferable. Where a number is transferable, the vehicle to which it is assigned must meet certain criteria. The V317 and V778/1.

Transfer and Retention application forms respectively, outline the requirements of the schemes and offer further advice in question and answer form. Please understand, although registrations from Northern Ireland may be transferred to other UK vehicles, numbers from the Republic of Ireland are not usually eligible for transfer to UK vehicles. The area code is now the first two letters, the year code is a two number code that immediately follows the area and finally, the unique ID sequence for that vehicle takes the form of a separate group of three letters.