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ability for a numberplate to be read is covered by Statutory. Instrument
1971 No 450 - The Road Vehicles (Registration & Licensing) Regulations
1971. Part Ill - Exhibition of Licences and Registration Marks states
the following: |
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The provisions
of this regulation shall apply to vehicles, other than works trucks
and agricultural machines, first registered on or after 1 October
1938. |
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The registration
mark of the vehicle shall be fixed and displayed on both the front
and the back of the vehicle, so that in normal daylight the letters
and figures are easily legible from every part of the 'relevant
area', the diagonal of the square governing the 'relevant area'
being 75 feet. |
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3 ) |
For the purposes
of this regulation, the expression 'relevant area' in relation to
a registration mark on a vehicle means the area contained in a square
described on the ground, either in front of or behind the vehicle,
where one corner of the square is below the middle of the registration
mark and the diagonal of the square from that corner is parallel
to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, but excluding any part
of the square within 10 feet of the vehicle - see diagram. |
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It is an offence
to allow the numberplate to be obscured. This is now a fixed penalty
offence, and therefore more likely to be policed. Obviously, this
is of some concern to towbar fitters and to drivers of vehicles
with towbar attachments.
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