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The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001
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- 2001 No. 561
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10.—(1) A registration mark must be displayed on a registration plate conforming to the requirements prescribed by this regulation.
[F1(1A) In the case of a vehicle first registered on or after 1st September 2021 the registration plate must conform to the requirements set out in Part A1 of Schedule 2.]
(2) [F2Subject to paragraph (4A),] in the case of a vehicle first registered on or after 1st September 2001 [F3but before 1st September 2021] the registration plate must conform to the requirements set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4) [F4or (4A)], in the case of a vehicle first registered on or after 1st January 1973 but before 1st September 2001 the registration plate must conform either to the requirements set out in Part 2 of Schedule 2 or to the requirements set out in [F5Part A1 or] Part 1 of that Schedule.
(4) Where on or after 1st September 2001 [F6but before 1st September 2021] a new registration plate is fixed to a vehicle to which paragraph (3) applies to replace a plate previously fixed thereto, the plate must conform to the requirements set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2.
[F7(4A) Where on or after 1st September 2021 a new registration plate is fixed to a vehicle to which either paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) applies to replace a plate previously fixed thereto, the plate must conform to the requirements set out in Part A1 of Schedule 2.]
(5) In the case of a vehicle first registered before 1st January 1973, the registration plate must conform either to one of the requirements set out in Part 3 of Schedule 2 or to the requirements set out in Part 2 of that Schedule or to the requirements set out in [F8Part A1 or] Part 1 of that Schedule.
(6) The corners of a registration plate may be rounded off provided that the requirements of regulation 14(9) (margins around registration marks) are not thereby infringed.
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F1Reg. 10(1A) inserted (1.1.2021) by The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1363), regs. 1(2), 3(a)
F2Words in reg. 10(2) inserted (27.8.2021) by The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/831), regs. 1(1), 3
F3Words in reg. 10(2) inserted (1.1.2021) by The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1363), regs. 1(2), 3(b)
F4Words in reg. 10(3) inserted (1.1.2021) by The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1363), regs. 1(2), 3(c)(i)
F5Words in reg. 10(3) inserted (1.1.2021) by The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1363), regs. 1(2), 3(c)(ii)
F6Words in reg. 10(4) inserted (1.1.2021) by The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1363), regs. 1(2), 3(d)
F7Reg. 10(4A) inserted (1.1.2021) by The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1363), regs. 1(2), 3(e)
F8Words in reg. 10(5) inserted (1.1.2021) by The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1363), regs. 1(2), 3(f)
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