It's £30 fine and VDN (Vehicle defect notice). Which means you would have to have some legal plates put on, take the form they give you to an MOT testing centre and get them to approve your car. I have done this.
In actual fact - they're more likely to give you points these days, which kinda sucks. Yet the penalty for not displaying a front number plate at all is much less. So if it's a cleaner look you're going for - ditch the front plate.
Figure that one out.
