Have to disagree RR. I purchased the registration plate direct from the DVLA. My registration did not exist until i made it up and bought it.
Your right i own the plate but i also own the Registration (numbers and letters in the sequence/order they are) No one else can have or use this registration (legally) without me selling or giving it to them.
I do agree with the number plate laws and have never said i dont, and i must say i hate seeing chavved up number plates where you cannot read them because the font is that bad. However if the font and size of letters and numbers are correct and all you have done is moved a number or letter over whats the problem. Why should it matter to anyone else (bar the law) Its hardly going to kill someone. But yes its is illegal but then the person involved takes the fine. So what if they get fined 400 times, they are the ones that have got to pay.
We must remember here we all break the law in one way another more than likely every day, maybe going that 1mph over the limit, but its still breaking the law. Petty i know and so is moaning about someone who has mis spaced his letters/number, as said hes not gonna kill anyone with that...speeding may do!!