# The Trailer Registration Regulations 2018, Regulation 16: Display of registration marks

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The registered keeper or the user of a registered trailer must not use it on a road, or cause or permit it to be so used, unless a registration plate (displaying its assigned registration mark) is fixed on the trailer in compliance with this regulation.
(2) A registration plate is fixed on a trailer in compliance with this regulation only if—
(a) the specification of the registration mark displayed upon it is in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 2;
(b) the specification of the registration plate is in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 2; and
(c) the registration plate is fixed to the trailer in accordance with regulation 17.
(3) A person who keeps a trailer or a user of a trailer must not use it on a road, or cause or permit it to be so used, with a plate fixed on the trailer that displays a mark which is—
(a) consistent with the specification of a registration mark in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2; and
(b) not assigned to that trailer by the Secretary of State under regulation 15.
(4) Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply in relation to a registered trailer if a person is not recorded in the register as the person who keeps the trailer at the time of an alleged offence under regulation 19(1)(g).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1203/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/trailer-registration-regulations-2018/regulation-16
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