UK Statutory Instrument
2001
United Kingdom
The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001
These Regulations revoke and replace regulations 17 to 22 of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 1971 and regulations 18 to 23 of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1973 and instruments amending those regulations by making new provision in respect of the fixing and lighting of registration plates on vehicles and for the format of registration marks.
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Part I — PRELIMINARY
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Interpretation: general
Exempt vehicles
Part II — REGISTRATION PLATES
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Fixing of rear registration plates: vehicles registered on or after the relevant date
Fixing of front registration plates: vehicles registered on or after the relevant date
Fixing of registration plates: vehicles registered before the relevant date
Fixing of registration plates: works trucks, road rollers and agricultural machines
Lighting of rear registration plates
Specifications for registration plates
Further requirements for registration plates
Part III — REGISTRATION MARKS
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Interpretation of Part III
Layout of marks
Size and spacing of characters
Size and spacing of characters: special cases
Style of characters
Part IV — MISCELLANEOUS
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International distinguishing signs and other material
Optional early use of new-specification plates and prescribed font
Optional early compliance with Schedule 2, Part A1
Saving for vehicles constructed before 1st January 1973
Offences under section 59 of the Act
Schedules
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The plate must be made of retroreflecting material which, as...
Where the registration mark is displayed on the front of...
Where the registration mark is displayed on the back of...
Subject to the paragraphs below, other than the registration mark,...
Each plate must display below the registration mark additional markings...
The markings required under paragraph 5 must be—
The space between the bottom of the registration mark and...
A border may be displayed on a registration plate where...
Requirements where the vehicle carries a registration plate which is...
Requirements where the vehicle carries a registration plate which is...
Either of the following is permitted—
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Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
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