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BRITAIN: Offensive licence plates removed.


CAR licence plates with the sequence SN07 have been withdrawn over concerns they may cause offence, the DVLA DVLA Brit Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

DVLA n abbr (BRIT) (= Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) → organismo encargado de la expedición de permisos de conducir y matriculación de vehículos
 said yesterday.

Licensing officials took the action to avoid the new Edinburgh
This article is about New Edinburgh, Ontario. For the New Zealand settlement originally called New Edinburgh, see Dunedin


New Edinburgh is a small neighbourhood in Ottawa, Canada. It is located to the east of the downtown core.
 car plate being similar to the word "SNOT".

The SN07 plate was due to follow-on from vehicles with the registration SN56.

A DVLA spokesman said: "I can confirm that the registration number SN07 was withdrawn from the 07 series.

"The agency's policy in respect of the withholding Withholding

Any tax that is taken directly out of an individual's wages or other income before he or she receives the funds.

Notes:
In other words, these funds are "withheld" from your wages.
 of registrations from either normal issue or from its sales scheme is clear. They are withheld in instances where if displayed on a number plate they are likely to cause general offence or embarrassment.

"The reasons can be on the grounds of political, racial and religious sensitivities or simply that they are regarded as being in poor taste."
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Publication:Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Date:Jul 14, 2007
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