Number plate and broken scooter sell for £350k in Jersey
Mr Drieu explained all Jersey registration marks belonged to the Inspector of Motor Traffic and when someone bought a number they were purchasing the "Mark Right", which is the right to assign the number to their vehicle. He said the inspector had the ability to recall any number they may choose at any time.The auction house assigns numbers to vehicles of insignificant value because of a law which states all registration marks must be assigned to a vehicle to be sold."Hence J5 was assigned to a non-running scooter of insignificant value," he added.
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