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| Registration
Plates |
| Unregistered
Vehicles |
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registered vehicles need not be fitted with registration plates. |
1.
Check that there is a registration plate fitted at the rear
of the motor bicycle or sidecar, and check it for security and
condition |
1.
A rear registration plate a. missing b. so insecure
that it is likely to fall off c. letter or figure missing
or incomplete d. faded, dirty, deteriorated or obscured
so that it is likely to be misread or not easily legible by
a person standing approximately 15 metres to the rear of the
machine) e. format incorrect (see additional information). |
Letters/figures
must be of equal width along their entire length
Letters or figures of a particular style, eg 'computer' or 'sloped'
are not to be regarded a reason for rejection unless they are
likely to be misread. |
2.
Check
visually that the letters and figures are correctly formed
and are not obviously likely to be misread due to, for example,
badly positioned, uncovered or wrongly coloured retaining
bolts etc.
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2.
A rear registration plate with a. a letter or figure
not correctly formed or likely to be misread b. letters
and/or figures likely to be misread or not easily legible by
a person standing approximately 15 metres to the rear of the
machine c. a letter or figure which is obviously not
of equal width along its entire length d. any feature
on a registration plate that has the effect of changing the
appearance or legibility of any of the characters of the registration
mark, so the true identity of the machine is less easily identified |
A
Vehicle Identification/Frame Number is required on all machines
first used on or after 1 August 1999, except those which are
amateur built.
If a Vehicle Identification/Frame Number cannot be found the
vehicle presenter should contact the nearest Vehicle Registration
Office.
If more than one different Vehicle Identification/Frame Number
is found, the vehicle presenter should contact the nearest Vehicle
Registration Office
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3.
Check
that the machine is permanently displaying a legible Vehicle
Identification/ Frame Number this can be either
• on a plate secured to the frame of the machine, or
• stamped or etched on the frame of the machine.
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3.
a. A Vehicle Identification/Frame Number not permanently
displayed or not legible, or b. more than one different
Vehicle Identification/Frame Number displayed |
Layout 1
Letters on one line figures on another.
Examples
Layout
2
The gap between letters and figures must be at least double
the gap between adjacent letters or figures.
Examples
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Letters
and figures of equal width along their entire length.
Example
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Note 1:
A year identifying letter is regarded as a figure
Note 2: Vehicles with foreign or diplomatic registrations need
not conform to these layouts. |