Regulation 13 Plate relating to dimensions

After regulation 70A there shall be inserted the following regulation—

“Plate relating to dimensions

70B

(1)

This regulation applies to a vehicle which is not a goods vehicle fitted in accordance with regulation 70 with a Ministry plate containing the particulars required by Schedule 10A or 10C and which is either—

(a)

a bus or a heavy motor car and which was manufactured after 31st May 1998; or

(b)

a trailer used in combination with a vehicle falling within paragraph (a) and manufactured after 31st May 1998.

(2)

A vehicle to which this regulation applies shall not be used unless—

(a)

the vehicle is equipped with a plate securely attached to the vehicle in a conspicuous and readily accessible position and containing the particulars as to the dimensions of the vehicle specified in Annex III of Community Directive 96/53/EC^f1; or

(b)

those particulars are included in the particulars shown on the plate with which the vehicle is equipped in accordance with regulation 66.”