Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001
3. In regulation 10 (specifications for registration plates)—
(a)after paragraph (1) insert—
“(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.”;
(b)in paragraph (2) after “1st September 2001” insert “but before 1st September 2021”;
(c)in paragraph (3)—
(i)after “paragraph (4)” insert “or (4A)”; and
(ii)before “Part 1” insert “Part A1 or”;
(d)in paragraph (4) after “1st September 2001” insert “but before 1st September 2021”;
(e)after paragraph (4) insert—
“(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.”; and
(f)in paragraph (5) before “Part 1” insert “Part A1 or”.