The Trailer Registration (Amendment) Regulations 2021

1.  In Schedule 2 (display of registration marks)—

(a) for paragraph 1(2) substitute—

“(2) The registration mark must be displayed—

(a) in the following prescribed font—

or

(b) in a style which is substantially similar to that prescribed font, so that each character is—

(i)

easily distinguishable, and

(ii)

not formed in a way described in sub-paragraph (10), or in a manner which is similar to any of those ways.”;

(b) after paragraph 1(8), insert—

“(9) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), a character shall not be treated as being in a style which is not substantially similar to the prescribed font merely by virtue of the fact that it has, or does not have, serifs.

(10) The ways of forming characters referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(b) are their formation—

(a) in italic script;

(b) using a font, other than italic script, in which the characters are not vertical;

(c) using a font in which the curvature or alignment of the lines of the stroke is substantially different from the prescribed font;

(d) using multiple strokes;

(e) using a broken stroke; or

(f) in such a way as to make a character or more than one character appear like a different character or characters.”.