Cap 374E reg 12E Combination requirements for personalized registration marks (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:	12E	Heading:	Combination requirements for personalized registration marks	Version Date:	10/03/2006

(1) Subject to subregulations (2) and (3), a personalized registration mark shall consist of—

(a) not more than 8 letters (which shall not include the letters “I”, “O” and “Q”);

(b) not more than 8 numerals; or

(c) any combination of letters (which shall not include the letters “I”, “O” and “Q”) and numerals the total of which shall not exceed 8.

(2) Each blank space indicated on an application form under regulation 12B(3)(b) shall, for the purpose of counting the number of letters, numerals, or both, under subregulation (1)(a), (b) or (c), be taken as one letter or numeral.
(3) More than one blank space is allowed in a personalized registration mark, but there shall be not more than one blank space between any 2 letters or numerals, or between a letter and a numeral, in the personalized registration mark.
(4) Any blank space in a proposed personalized registration mark shall be disregarded for the purpose of deciding—

(a) whether it is a registration mark referred to in regulation 12C(2)(b), (c) or (d) (in which case any blank space in such registration mark shall also be disregarded for the purpose of making the comparison); and

(b) whether it falls within the description in regulation 12C(2)(e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k) or (l).

(25 of 2005 s. 10)