Cap 374E reg 34 Registration marks on imported vehicles (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:	34	Heading:	Registration marks on imported vehicles	Version Date:	10/03/2006

(1) The Commissioner shall assign to a motor vehicle in respect of which he has issued an international circulation permit a registration mark which shall be-

(a) in the case of a vehicle in respect of which a visitor's registration document is produced- (25 of 2005 s. 19)

(i) the registration mark recorded in that document; or

(ii) if the registration mark recorded in that document is identical to a registration mark which has been assigned or allocated under these regulations (by a comparison only of the sequence of arrangement of the letters and numerals), a registration mark consisting of 2 letters as its prefix, followed by a number of not more than 4 digits (not being a number listed in Schedule 5); and

(b) in the case of any other vehicle, a registration mark consisting of 2 letters as its prefix, followed by a number of not more than 4 digits (not being a number listed in Schedule 5).

(2) During the currency of an international circulation permit, regulation 8 shall apply to the motor vehicle to which the permit relates as if the reference therein to the registered owner was a reference to the holder of an international circulation permit and references to the registration mark were references to the registration mark assigned to the motor vehicle under subregulation (1):
Provided that-

(a) regulation 8 shall not apply to a registration mark assigned under subregulation (1)(a)(i) if the corresponding requirements of the law under which, or authority by whom, the registration mark is issued are complied with, and if any letters in the registration mark are in Roman characters and any numbers therein are in ordinary European numerals; and

(b) a registration mark assigned under subregulation (1)(a)(i) need not be displayed on the front of the vehicle if that is not required by the law under which or the authority by whom the registration mark is issued.

(3) The holder of an international circulation permit shall, during the currency of the permit issued in respect of a motor vehicle to which a registration mark is assigned under subregulation (1)(a)(i), display at the back of the vehicle so as to be clearly distinguishable a nationality sign indicating the country or place in which the vehicle is registered. (3 of 2002 s. 15)
(4) During the currency of an international circulation permit issued in respect of a motor vehicle in respect of which a visitor's registration document was produced and to which a registration mark is assigned under subregulation (1)(a)(i), regulation 7(3) shall apply in respect of a visitor's registration document as it applies to a registration document.
(5) This regulation shall apply to a trailer drawn by a motor vehicle to which an international circulation permit relates, during the currency of the permit, as if references to the registration mark were references to the registration mark assigned to the motor vehicle under this regulation.

(25 of 2005 s. 19)