(15 Nov 2016, 9:57 pm)Ambassador wrote Calling it a criminal offence is a tad of an overreaction, even the grumpiest of officers would struggle to be bothered to issue a penalty notice. Most likely they'd direct them to get the vehicle a new plate (without a set timescale)
The chances of the pulling service bus over for no front plate however range from not likely to never.
I would hardly call it an overreaction, it is actually a criminal offence to not have one displayed and believe me, some of the Traffic officers I speak to would not hesitate to pull any service vehicle over and have words with the driver.