Regulation 4 Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001

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 7481c^f1 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.”.