Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF VEHICLES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 12N

Effect of sending notice of cancellation

(1) Subregulations (2), (3) and (4) shall apply where a notice of 
cancellation is sent under regulation 12L(2).

(2) The personalized registered mark concerned, if it has not yet been
assigned to a motor vehicle, shall not be assigned to any motor vehicle.

(3) The Commissioner shall, before the return of the certificate of 
allocation and (where applicable) vehicle licence, registration document and
other relevant documents as required by regulation 12M(1) or the expiry of the
15 days referred to in regulation 12L(2)(a), whichever is the earlier—

   (a)  take no action under regulation 17(3), (3A), (4) or (5) on receipt of
        any notice of transfer of ownership of the motor vehicle to which the
        personalized registration mark is assigned;

   (b)  refuse to license the motor vehicle under regulation 21(3), (5) or
        (6);

   (c)  refuse to issue any other licence or permit, or to renew any other
        licence or permit issued, in respect of the motor vehicle under these
        regulations or any other regulations made under the Ordinance; and

   (d)  refuse to issue a duplicate registration document, vehicle  licence or
        permit in respect of the motor vehicle.

(4) The Commissioner shall also refuse to issue a duplicate
certificate of allocation under regulation 59.

(5) The Commissioner shall, on receipt of an application in writing, provide
information to the person making the application as to whether any
notice of cancellation has been sent.

(25 of 2005 s. 10)