Offence
Drive a vehicle when the registration mark fails to conform with regulations
How often this offence appears in the published court listings for England and Wales, which courts list it most and where to read the official sentencing guideline.
- Hearings listed
- 234
- Upcoming hearings
- 4
- Next listed date
- Mon, 26 October 2026
- Courts listing it
- 79
- Heard in
- Magistrates' Court (234)
- Sentencing guideline
- Drive a vehicle when the registration mark fails to conform with regulations
- Official offence code
- VE94134
- The law
- Contrary to section 59(1) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994.
- Can lead to prison
- No
Courts that list it most
- Birmingham Magistrates' Court (41 hearings)
- Stratford Magistrates' Court (14 hearings)
- Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court (13 hearings)
- Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court (9 hearings)
- Willesden Magistrates' Court (9 hearings)
- Uxbridge Magistrates' Court (7 hearings)
- Ealing Magistrates' Court (5 hearings)
- Hull and Holderness Magistrates' Court (5 hearings)
- Wirral Magistrates' Court (5 hearings)
- Barkingside Magistrates' Court (4 hearings)
- Basildon Magistrates' Court (4 hearings)
- Bexley Magistrates' Court (4 hearings)
- Bolton Magistrates' Court (4 hearings)
- Bromley Magistrates' Court (4 hearings)
- City of London Magistrates' Court (4 hearings)
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- Drive motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit
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- Drive a motor vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence - non-endorsable offence
- Fraudulently use a registration mark / registration document
- Use a passenger vehicle with tyres with insufficient tread - less than 1.6mm
- Use a motor vehicle / trailer with tyre with any of the ply / cord exposed
- Use a motor vehicle on a road when there was insufficient transmission of light through the vehicle glass