Old style numberplates

[taroha10]

Hi all,happy new year to you all.
Just thought i'd say that my mot tester told me  the hand painted number on my 1950 M20 was now illegal.
I've had the bike for 25 years and that's all it's ever had in that time and had obviously been like that for a good while before I got it as it had definately been unused for a good few years.
I also remember taking the front plate off a honda 175 back in 1975.

[iansoady]

I think your tester is wrong. Legislation is never (well hardly ever) retrospective. If it was legal when new it still will be.

A quick google turns up:

"When the new registration format was introduced in 2001, regulations governing the construction and display of car number plates were revised. These revised regulations apply to the number plates on any and all vehicles registered on or after 1st September 2001. They also apply to all replacement plates made and mounted on vehicles on or after the same date."