Paragraph 1 Registration mark - specification

(1)

A registration mark must be displayed as a group consisting of one letter and three numbers followed by a group consisting of four numbers (for example A123 4567) in this layout—

(2)

This font must be used to display a registration mark—

(3)

The characters used to display a registration mark must—

(a)

be 64 millimetres in height;

(b)

have a width of 44 millimetres, except for the character representing the number “1” and letter “I”, which must have a width of 10 millimetres;

(c)

have a stroke width of 10 millimetres; and

(d)

be separated by 10 millimetres from any other characters within a group.

(4)

A group of characters in a registration mark must be separated from another group of characters in the same registration mark by a space of 5 millimetres vertically.

(5)

The width of the margin between the top or lateral edges of the registration plate and any part of a character used to display a registration mark on it must be at least 5 millimetres.

(6)

The width of the margin between the bottom edge of the registration plate and any part of a character used to display a registration mark on it must be at least 13 millimetres.

(7)

The measurements specified in this paragraph must be made—

(a)

in the case of a horizontal spacing requirement, between vertical lines passing through the extreme edges of each character or between the lateral edge of the plate and a vertical line passing through the closest extreme edge of a character to that edge; and

(b)

in the case of a vertical spacing requirement, between horizontal lines passing through the extreme edges of each group of characters or between the top or bottom edge of the plate and a horizontal line passing through the closest extreme edge of a character to that edge.

(8)

The measurements specified in this paragraph are complied with if—

(a)

the height of the character is not more than 1 millimetre more or less than the specified height; and

(b)

any other dimension of the character or the space in question is not more than 0.5 millimetres more or less than the specified measurement.