Vehicle registration plates of the Channel Islands mark AY 2471. Sark and Herm ban motor vehicles other than tractors from their roads. There is no law requiring registration plates, but tractors on Sark still have to be licensed yearly, evidenced by a sticker displayed somewhere on the vehicle. Vehicle registration plates of the Channel Islands Vehicle registration plates, commonly referred to as number plates, are the mandatory numeric or alphanumeric plates used to display the registration mark of a vehicle. The Crown dependencies of Guernsey and Jersey are outside the United Kingdom and the European Union, and have registration marks that are different from those used in
Vehicle registration plates of the United Kingdom Vehicle registration plates of the United Kingdom Vehicle registration plates are the mandatory alphanumeric plates used to display the "registration mark" of a vehicle, and have existed in the United Kingdom since 1903. It is compulsory for motor vehicles used on public roads to display vehicle registration plates, with the exception of vehicles of the reigning monarch used on official business. The Motor Car Act 1903, which came into force on 1 January 1904, required all motor vehicles to be entered on an official vehicle register, and to carry alphanumeric plates. The Act was passed in order that vehicles could