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

3.  In regulation 10 (specifications for registration plates)—

(a)after paragraph (1) insert—

(1A) 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.;

(b)in paragraph (2) after “1st September 2001” insert “but before 1st September 2021”;

(c)in paragraph (3)—

(i)after “paragraph (4)” insert “or (4A)”; and

(ii)before “Part 1” insert “Part A1 or”;

(d)in paragraph (4) after “1st September 2001” insert “but before 1st September 2021”;

(e)after paragraph (4) insert—

(4A) 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.; and

(f)in paragraph (5) before “Part 1” insert “Part A1 or”.