think the difference ref 2001 relates to the requirements of the plates themselves, rather than their visibility on the vehicle so much.
I suspect if you put it on the sun visor you would run into issues because of the top tint making the plate less conspicuous. Any police officer pulling you over could quite legitimately point out that there's a perfectly sensible spot for the plate to be mounted on the bumper and that having it somewhere less obvious is in breach of the legislation.
HOWEVER, they're mainly interested in the rear plate for ID'ing the vehicle, sending you nice letters with points in etc. Only issue is ANPR and average speed cameras, which would likely struggle to read the plate.
I doubt you would get pulled solely for that but they may use it as an excuse for pulling you for another reason.
I've had a car fail its MOT because the plate could only be read by squirrels committing their last act as I ran them over (it was a stick on plate on the underside of the valence of a Mk2 Cortina) so that may be more likely, but given you can just take the cover off for MOT I guess not an issue.
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