The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
S.I. 2020/1276 · Made 12 November 2020
Road Traffic
Made 12th November 2020
Laid before Parliament 16th November 2020
Coming into force 8th December 2020
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 57(1) to (3) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994f1.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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1994 c.22; section 57(1) was amended by the Finance Act 1996 (c.8) Schedule 2, paragraph 16.
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001
- 3Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001
- 4Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 8th December 2020.
2Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001
The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001f1 are amended as follows.
3Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001
In regulation 2 (interpretation: general), in the definition of the expression “registration plate” replace “16(3) and (4)” with “16(3), (4), (4A), (4B) and (4D)”.
4Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001
In regulation 16—
after paragraph (4) insert—
“(4A)Subject to paragraph (4B), an eligible vehicle may display a plate or device which is green in colour.
(4B)The plate or other device referred to in paragraph (4A) must be—
(a)made from retroreflective material;
(b)colour Pantone 7481cf1 or a colour match that is as close as possible to this colour;
(c)no less than forty millimetres and no more than fifty millimetres in width.
(4C)No other vehicle may display a plate or other device which is green in colour.
(4D)Subject to paragraphs (5) to (8) there may be displayed on a plate or other device referred to in (4A) an arrangement of letters corresponding with one of the sub-paragraphs of paragraph (9) and an emblem corresponding with one of the sub-paragraphs of paragraph (10).”;
in paragraph (5) after “The” insert “plate or other device, ” and after “(4)” insert “, (4A), (4B) and (4D)”;
after paragraph (10) insert—
“(11)In this regulation—
(a)an “eligible vehicle” means a vehicle to which these regulations apply and which cannot produce any tailpipe emissions;
(b)where the eligible vehicle is towing a trailer, paragraphs (4A), (4B), and (4D) may also apply to the plate or other device fixed to that trailer.”.
Signature
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Rachel Maclean
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
12th November 2020
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001. Regulation 3 amends regulation 16, to introduce the legal requirements for the option for an eligible vehicle and trailer, being towed by an eligible vehicle, to display a green coloured plate or other device positioned to the left-hand side of the registration plate, to identify the vehicle as a zero-tailpipe emissions vehicle, with or without an optional emblem and arrangement of letters set out in regulation 16(9) and (10).
A draft copy of these Regulations was notified to the EU Commission for the purposes of the Technical Standards and Regulations Directive (2015/1535/EU; OJ L 241, 17.9.2015, p.1).
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.
An Explanatory Memorandum for this instrument has been published alongside these Regulations on the UK legislation website at www.legislation.gov.uk.