{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trailer-registration-regulations-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trailer-registration-regulations-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1203",
  "legislation_title": "The Trailer Registration Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trailer-registration-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Registration plate - specification",
  "text": "(1) A registration plate must have solid black characters on a white background.\n(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.\n(3) A registration plate must not be treated in any other way which—\n(a) renders the characters of the registration mark less easily distinguishable to the eye; or\n(b) would prevent or impair the making of a true photographic image of the plate through any device.\n(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.\n(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.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 11.12.2018, see Sch. 1 para. 2(k)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1203/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:52:02.330583+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}