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The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001
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- 2001 No. 561
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- Regulation 17
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17.—(1) This regulation applies in a case where, on or after 21st March and before 1st September 2001 a registration mark on a vehicle—
(a)is displayed on a registration plate which conforms to the specification set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2 and is otherwise fixed on the vehicle and lit in accordance with the requirements of Part II of these Regulations,
(b)conforms to the requirements of regulations 13 and 14 as to layout and spacing of characters in so far as they apply to vehicles first registered on or after 1st September 2001, and
(c)is comprised of characters each of which is in the prescribed font.
(2) Where this regulation applies—
(a)regulations 17 to 22 of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 1971 M1 or, as the case may be,
(b)regulations 18 to 23 of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1973 M2,
(which provide for the format and means of display of registration plates and marks) shall cease to apply in respect of that vehicle and any trailer being towed by it and the provisions of these Regulations shall apply instead.
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M1S.I. 1971/450. The Relevant amendments are by S.I. 1972/1865, 1975/1089 and 1984/814.
M2S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1973 No. 490. The relevant amendments are by S.I. 1976/2180.
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