Regulation 16 Display of registration marks

(1)

The registered keeper or the user of a registered trailer must not use it on a road, or cause or permit it to be so used, unless a registration plate^f1 (displaying its assigned registration mark) is fixed on the trailer in compliance with this regulation.

(2)

A registration plate is fixed on a trailer in compliance with this regulation only if—

(a)

the specification of the registration mark displayed upon it is in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 2;

(b)

the specification of the registration plate is in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 2; and

(c)

the registration plate is fixed to the trailer in accordance with regulation 17.

(3)

A person who keeps a trailer or a user of a trailer must not use it on a road, or cause or permit it to be so used, with a plate fixed on the trailer that displays a mark which is—

(a)

consistent with the specification of a registration mark in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2; and

(b)

not assigned to that trailer by the Secretary of State under regulation 15.

(4)

Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply in relation to a registered trailer if a person is not recorded in the register as the person who keeps the trailer at the time of an alleged offence under regulation 19(1)(g).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: “Registration plate” is defined in section 15(3) of the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018.