Paragraph 2 Registration plate - specificationI1

United Kingdom

(1)

A registration plate must have solid black characters on a white background.

(2)

The surface of a registration plate must not comprise or incorporate any design, pattern or texture, or be treated in any way which gives to any part of the plate the appearance of a design, pattern or texture.

(3)

A registration plate must not be treated in any other way which—

(a)

renders the characters of the registration mark less easily distinguishable to the eye; or

(b)

would prevent or impair the making of a true photographic image of the plate through any device.

(4)

The corners of a registration plate may be rounded off provided that the requirements of sub-paragraphs (5) and (6) (margins around registration marks) of paragraph 1 are not infringed.

(5)

No material, other than a registration mark, may be displayed on a registration plate except for information that identifies the manufacturer of the registration plate.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 11.12.2018, see Sch. 1 para. 2(k)