Cap 374E reg 6 Registration (Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations; ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	374E	Title:	Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations	Gazette Number:	L.N. 14 of 2006
Regulation:	6	Heading:	Registration	Version Date:	10/03/2006

(1) On registering a motor vehicle, the Commissioner shall- (L.N. 240 of 1985)

(a) assign to the vehicle-

(25 of 2005 s. 5)

(i) a registration mark which shall consist of one or 2 letters, subject to regulation 11, as its prefix, followed by a number of not more than 4 digits (not being a number listed in Schedule 5);

(ii) a registration mark allocated under regulation 13 or 14;

(iii) a special registration mark allocated under regulation 9;

(iv) a personalized registration mark; or

(v) a registration mark reserved under regulation 11 (where appropriate); (25 of 2005 s. 5)

(b) register the person by whom or on whose behalf the application for registration is made as owner of the vehicle; and

(c) issue to that person a registration document in respect of the vehicle, marked with the registration mark assigned to the vehicle.

(2) On registering a goods vehicle (other than a trailer) or special purpose vehicle, the Commissioner shall assign to the vehicle a permitted gross vehicle weight which shall be such weight as he shall determine after considering-

(a) the particulars contained in the application for registration submitted in respect of the vehicle;

(b) any information available from the manufacturer of the vehicle; and

(3) The assignment by the Commissioner of a permitted gross vehicle weight to any goods vehicle (other than a trailer) or special purpose vehicle on registration of the vehicle on or after 25 August 1984, and prior to the commencement of the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1985 (L.N. 240 of 1985), is hereby declared to be valid and shall be deemed to have been validly assigned under subregulation (2). (L.N. 240 of 1985)
(4) The Commissioner shall assign a permitted gross vehicle weight to a goods vehicle (other than a trailer) or special purpose vehicle registered prior to 25 August 1984 on the licensing of such vehicle after the commencement of the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1985 (L.N. 240 of 1985), and such permitted gross vehicle weight shall be a conversion of the maximum laden weight which was assigned to such vehicle on registration under the revoked regulations. (L.N. 240 of 1985)
(5) For the purposes of subregulation (4)-

(a) "the revoked regulations" (

已撤銷的規例

)

means the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations (Cap 220 sub. leg.) revoked by regulation 61 of these regulations; and

(b) where the maximum laden weight assigned to a vehicle is expressed in hundredweight, such weight shall be converted to tonnes on the basis that 1 cwt. is equivalent to 0.0508 tonne. (L.N. 240 of 1985)