Huge number plate change coming this week which could impact every driver

Motorists are being warned over a huge change to number plates coming into force this week.

The new rules will impact people driving abroad, with everyone told to ditch a GB sticker from Tuesday, September 28.

Current rules mean that every driver from the UK must put a GB sticker on their car, unless they have a number plate bearing the initials.

From tomorrow, The sticker, or magnet, will no longer be valid and will have to be replaced with a UK one, reports the Liverpool Echo.

Drivers will need the UK sticker if their number plate has a GB identifier with the Union Jack, a Euro symbol, a national flag of Scotland, Wales, England or numbers and letters.

That means anyone with GB on their number plate will now need to order a UK sticker or order a new number plate with the UK designation.

British number plates have previously featured a GB symbol under the cluster of EU stars.

Scottish and Welsh drivers could still travel abroad with number plates displaying the Welsh or Scottish flag, but only if they also placed a GB sticker on their vehicle.

The new rule change however means that the GB sticker will no longer be valid.

The update has been outlined by the United Nations, which said it had received “a notification stating that the United Kingdom is changing the distinguishing sign that it had previously selected for display in international traffic on vehicles registered in the United Kingdom, from ‘GB’ to ‘UK’”.

Every motorist under the new law will either need to buy the new number plate featuring the letters UK, or make sure they have a sticker displaying the same letters to prevent any punishment.

The rule change means that, on or after September 28, drivers will need to display a UK sticker clearly on the rear of their vehicle.

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