Regulation 10 Specifications for registration plates

A registration mark must be displayed on a registration plate conforming to the requirements prescribed by this regulation.

In the case of a vehicle first registered on or after 1st September 2021 the registration plate must conform to the requirements set out in Part A1 of Schedule 2.

F2Subject to paragraph (4A), in the case of a vehicle first registered on or after 1st September 2001 F3but before 1st September 2021 the registration plate must conform to the requirements set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2.

Subject to paragraph (4) F4or (4A), in the case of a vehicle first registered on or after 1st January 1973 but before 1st September 2001 the registration plate must conform either to the requirements set out in Part 2 of Schedule 2 or to the requirements set out in F5Part A1 or Part 1 of that Schedule.

Where on or after 1st September 2001 F6but before 1st September 2021 a new registration plate is fixed to a vehicle to which paragraph (3) applies to replace a plate previously fixed thereto, the plate must conform to the requirements set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2.

Where on or after 1st September 2021 a new registration plate is fixed to a vehicle to which either paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) applies to replace a plate previously fixed thereto, the plate must conform to the requirements set out in Part A1 of Schedule 2.

In the case of a vehicle first registered before 1st January 1973, the registration plate must conform either to one of the requirements set out in Part 3 of Schedule 2 or to the requirements set out in Part 2 of that Schedule or to the requirements set out in F8Part A1 or Part 1 of that Schedule.

The corners of a registration plate may be rounded off provided that the requirements of regulation 14(9) (margins around registration marks) are not thereby infringed.