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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001, PART 3.
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A. Requirements where the vehicle carries a registration plate which is constructed so that the mark may be illuminated from behind by virtue of the translucency of its characters.U.K.
1. The registration mark must be formed of white translucent characters on a black background on the surface of that plate.U.K.
2. When the registration mark is illuminated during the hours of darkness, the characters on that plate must appear white against a black background.U.K.
B. Requirements where the vehicle carries a registration plate which is not so constructed.U.K.
Either of the following is permitted—
1. A plate made of reflex-reflecting material complying with the requirements of the British Standard Specification for reflex-reflecting number plates published on 31 October 1967 under the number BS AU 145 M1 and which displays black characters on a white background where it is fixed on the front of the vehicle and black characters on a yellow background where it is fixed on the rear of the vehicle.U.K.
Marginal Citations
M1Published by the British Standards Institution, 389 Chiswick High Road, London W4 4AL, the standard having been revised in 1972 to BS AU 145a, as to which see the immediately preceding footnote.
2. A plate displaying white, silver or light grey letters and numbers on a black surface having every character indelibly inscribed on the surface or so attached to the surface that it cannot readily be detached from it, which may either—U.K.
(a)be made of cast or pressed metal with raised characters, or
(b)consist of a plate to which separate characters are attached, or
(c)consist of a plastic plate having either reverse engraved characters or characters of a foil type, or
(d)consist of an unbroken rectangular area on the surface of the vehicle which is either flat or, if there is no flat area where the mark is required to be displayed, an area which is almost flat.
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