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Regulation 21 Obscuring of registration marks

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(1)

It is an offence for a person to keep or use a registered trailer on a road if the registration mark is—

(a)

in any way obscured; or

(b)

caused or allowed to become not easily distinguishable.

(2)

In any proceedings for this offence, it is a defence for the defendant to prove that they took all reasonable steps to prevent the mark being obscured or becoming not easily distinguishable.

(3)

This regulation does 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 the alleged offence.