Ministry platesE+W+S
70.—(1) Every F1... vehicle to which the Plating and Testing Regulations apply and in respect of which a plating certificate has been issued shall, from the date specified in paragraph (2), be equipped with a Ministry plate securely affixed, so as to be legible at all times, in a conspicuous and readily accessible position, and in the cab of the vehicle if it has one.
(2) That date is in the case of—
(a)a vehicle to which the Type Approval for Goods Vehicles Regulations apply, the date of the fourteenth day after the plate was issued; or
(b)any other vehicle, the date by which it is required, by the said Regulations, to be submitted for examination for plating.
[F2(3) In these Regulations “Ministry plate” means a plate which–
(a)is issued by the Secretary of State following the issue or amendment of a plating certificate; and
(b)subject to paragraph (4), contains the particulars required by Schedule 10, 10A, 10B or 10C.
(4) Instead of particulars of the gross weight, train weight and axle weights of the vehicle to which it relates, a Ministry plate may contain particulars of the maximum authorised weight for the vehicle, maximum authorised weight for a combination of which the vehicle forms part and maximum authorised axle weights for the vehicle, determined in accordance with the Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) Regulations 1998 and the form of the plate shall be amended accordingly.]
Textual Amendments
F1Word in reg. 70(1) omitted (20.5.2018) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/851), regs. 1, 5
F2Reg. 70(3)(4) inserted (1.1.1999) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/3112), regs. 1, 7
Commencement Information